Altai Republic, Russia......... Chemal

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Horses everywhere in Altai.

[Chris]

Thanks Chris.  i've heard the Carpathian mountains are beautiful.

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Yes they are krassavchick, but so is the Altai region from what you have posted.

[krassavchick]

Getting chillier.  Was it really 25c yesterday?

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Almost at the top.

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At the top -6c.

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The way back down.

[Ade]

Some part of Wales look like this (minus the buildings and blue sky).

We do have blue sky ... we do, we do 

I am trying to convince myself we will see it this year 

For many years I used to go back to South Wales several times a year and you could almost guarantee that it would either start raining on the Severn Bridge or soon after no matter what the time of year. Depressing.

[krassavchick]

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[ashbyclarke]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

[Chris]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

[krassavchick]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

A lot of the new flats that have been built, have been painted pastel colours which i have to say makes a much brighter city than the old depressing grey/browns from the Soviet era.  Most of the flats themselves still aren't that nice but at least they have nice colours.  As for the roofs i've no idea 

[ashbyclarke]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

I'd noticed it before but in Tyumen it really stood out, everywhere you go it's a like a colourful rainbow of roofs.

I put it down to cheap paint, apparently not though, what it's down to remains a mystery !

[Chris]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

I'd noticed it before but in Tyumen it really stood out, everywhere you go it's a like a colourful rainbow of roofs.

I put it down to cheap paint, apparently not though, what it's down to remains a mystery !

Cheap steel and little or no planning regulations, that's why!

[ashbyclarke]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

I'd noticed it before but in Tyumen it really stood out, everywhere you go it's a like a colourful rainbow of roofs.

I put it down to cheap paint, apparently not though, what it's down to remains a mystery !

Cheap steel and little or no planning regulations, that's why!

I'm pretty sure the little villages that are used as summer houses, so I was told, are made from wood and have colourful roofs.

Not that you're wrong of course Chris, maybe my vision was blurred

Shame I didn't take any photos!

[Chris]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

I'd noticed it before but in Tyumen it really stood out, everywhere you go it's a like a colourful rainbow of roofs.

I put it down to cheap paint, apparently not though, what it's down to remains a mystery !

Cheap steel and little or no planning regulations, that's why!

I'm pretty sure the little villages that are used as summer houses, so I was told, are made from wood and have colourful roofs.

Not that you're wrong of course Chris, maybe my vision was blurred

Shame I didn't take any photos!

Yes many do, but some are refurbished with the corrugated steel/tin cladding and some are older with the shingle/timber cladding roofs that have been painted or washed with stains etc. Nearly all the modern type homes have the steel cladding roofs now manufactured by Ruukki etc

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

Nice pics, will pop this area on my "to visit" list 

We had one of my wife's Nephews staying with us for a few weeks recently and he couldn't understand why all our roofs were more or less the same colour, if you have been to Ukraine etc you will understand why he asked  just about every colour under the sun, on one street there 

I'd noticed it before but in Tyumen it really stood out, everywhere you go it's a like a colourful rainbow of roofs.

I put it down to cheap paint, apparently not though, what it's down to remains a mystery !

Cheap steel and little or no planning regulations, that's why!

I'm pretty sure the little villages that are used as summer houses, so I was told, are made from wood and have colourful roofs.

Not that you're wrong of course Chris, maybe my vision was blurred

Shame I didn't take any photos!

Yes many do, but some are refurbished with the corrugated steel/tin cladding and some are older with the shingle/timber cladding roofs that have been painted or washed with stains etc. Nearly all the modern type homes have the steel cladding roofs now manufactured by Ruukki etc

Well that's cleared that up!

Thanks Chris, another Russian mystery solved 

[krassavchick]

Old style.

[Millaa]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

A lot of the new flats that have been built, have been painted pastel colours which i have to say makes a much brighter city than the old depressing grey/browns from the Soviet era.  Most of the flats themselves still aren't that nice but at least they have nice colours.  As for the roofs i've no idea 

You just never was in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. They always painted buildings in different colours, it depended which colour chief Architect liked... The first one I worked with prefered green, the last one hated yellow. But in reality - which colour they had - this one was used  The same thing - with roofs, don't seach any logic 

[ashbyclarke]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

A lot of the new flats that have been built, have been painted pastel colours which i have to say makes a much brighter city than the old depressing grey/browns from the Soviet era.  Most of the flats themselves still aren't that nice but at least they have nice colours.  As for the roofs i've no idea 

You just never was in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. They always painted buildings in different colours, it depended which colour chief Architect liked... The first one I worked with prefered green, the last one hated yellow. But in reality - which colour they had - this one was used  The same thing - with roofs, don't seach any logic 

I had my suspicions Chris wasn't correct, just being nice to him 

Thank you Millaa 

[Chris]

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I've always wondered why the houses in Russia have colourful roofs, nobody's ever given a reasonable explanation.

A lot of the new flats that have been built, have been painted pastel colours which i have to say makes a much brighter city than the old depressing grey/browns from the Soviet era.  Most of the flats themselves still aren't that nice but at least they have nice colours.  As for the roofs i've no idea 

You just never was in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. They always painted buildings in different colours, it depended which colour chief Architect liked... The first one I worked with prefered green, the last one hated yellow. But in reality - which colour they had - this one was used  The same thing - with roofs, don't seach any logic 

I had my suspicions Chris wasn't correct, just being nice to him 

Thank you Millaa 

No need to be nice Ash, its just that this rule only applies to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  where they have very weird architects  to be honest there are many types of old roofing materials and methods, much depends on the part of the FSU you are in, some as Krassie posted a picture of have corrugated roofs that are similar but not exactly like our old Asbestos roofs, again these could be left au naturel or painted to suit the whim of the day.

[Millaa]

its just that this rule only applies to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  where they have very weird architects 

Thanks, Chris 

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У нас дожди и багульник не цветет... Хочу на Алтай

Клещей покормить? 
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