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Description ~ Time for your bath, children.

On May 19, 1922 the second All-Russian Komsomol Conference decided to create pioneer units all over the country.
Thousands of Young Pioneer camps were set up where children went during summer vacation and winter holidays. All of them were free of charge, sponsored by the government and Trade Unions.
These were basically children's camps where kids would spend their summers, playing together, learning, swimming, learning knots, earning medals, wearing red ties, and loving grandfather Lenin.
The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union had devastated funding for the Pioneer camps and most of them had been forgotten and are now consumed by nature in decay.
This is a shot from one of these camps, lost deep in forest of Siberia.
From what I can tell... this used to be a bathroom.
I jumped into the bathtub and rode in it, praising the spirit of grandfather Lenin.
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Comments: 311

ladyroll [2008-04-08 03:23:17 +0000 UTC]

OMG...

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MistGarden In reply to ??? [2008-04-08 00:16:56 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me of my youth when i was going (no other choice anyway,ahaah)to these pioneer camps every summer and winter -_-'
Beautiful shot,nostalgic one^_^

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duckpoulain [2008-04-07 21:47:04 +0000 UTC]

hola!
bueno yo te voy hablar ahora en español porque el ingles se me da muy mal perdon(sorry )

esa foto me parece una pasada y es muy de mi estilo, tengo fotos de ese tipo jeje

chao

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ArynChris [2008-04-06 22:21:48 +0000 UTC]

That's a story I never heard. We hear all about the bad things that went down in the USSR, and scare hints only of the good.

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ladyrapid [2008-04-05 23:32:56 +0000 UTC]

The story + the photo is the definition of a , truly great here my friend, beautiful work!

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Gloria-Night [2008-04-05 20:17:01 +0000 UTC]

уххххх!

p.s. сорри, что так пропала... с работой разгребалась. мое письмо-то с картинками тогда дошло?

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alexiuss In reply to Gloria-Night [2008-04-05 22:23:29 +0000 UTC]

ugu, dashlo.
prikolnie kartinki

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Gloria-Night In reply to alexiuss [2008-05-05 15:47:02 +0000 UTC]

а я вот опять пропадала. плохо у меня тут все **пропала снова**

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MayNiladMan [2008-04-05 17:31:51 +0000 UTC]

"Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back, has no brain." -Putin

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alexiuss In reply to MayNiladMan [2008-04-05 22:23:51 +0000 UTC]

hehe, great quote.

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MayNiladMan In reply to alexiuss [2008-04-12 04:22:50 +0000 UTC]

Sad..

Would've been nice to have spent a summer there, I think.

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NDean [2008-04-05 15:09:18 +0000 UTC]

well taken... reminds me of silent hill but it shouldnt because the history is too great... again, well taken

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MPBoruff [2008-04-05 14:54:26 +0000 UTC]

Looks like the set for the new Saw movie.

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Brebre-le-72391 [2008-04-05 00:51:52 +0000 UTC]

that's scary

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Superdemon-Inuyasha [2008-04-04 03:38:37 +0000 UTC]

nice job on this 8D

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Kykywox [2008-04-03 22:14:35 +0000 UTC]

I sure wouldn't want to take my bath in that!

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Artistport [2008-04-03 12:08:53 +0000 UTC]

wow...thats amazing. Good job. It gives off a certain feeling of poverty and sadness.

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ErilisVampyre [2008-04-03 07:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes...the good old days...

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Dreyaz [2008-04-03 06:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Grandfather Lenin feels like the nice and good husband of Mother Russia, who then dies, gets replaced by stepfather Stalin (who vied with Trotsky for Russia's love). They need more camps (scouts or otherwise) like that to bolster patriotism and self-sufficiency in these troubled times ahead...

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SenseiSage [2008-04-03 03:10:23 +0000 UTC]

Man, it's sad what happened to all camps like this in the Communist world.

Some of them remained while I was growing up and I used to go every Summer. Good times.

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Little-kaiyou-Kame [2008-04-03 02:29:52 +0000 UTC]

You jumped...in the bath tub...?
Is that why it's all crumbly and broken now HAHA~!!
omg, the entire toilet is in ruins!

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Plot-Chick [2008-04-03 01:03:58 +0000 UTC]

Ahh... just like home. *sigh*

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zienda In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 23:58:48 +0000 UTC]

Looks like something from a scary movie...

Bottom right corner. Any idea. AT ALL. What it is.

I'm super curious...

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igor85 In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 21:58:47 +0000 UTC]

scary place

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Dryadwrangler In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 21:21:36 +0000 UTC]

I am quite afraid of grandfather Lenin.

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mikemitza In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 20:12:51 +0000 UTC]

it reminds me of my country...and what my parents told me...i was lucky enough to be born after comunism

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willyamPax In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 13:07:33 +0000 UTC]

spooky...

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mchell-mal In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 12:10:24 +0000 UTC]

love it! it's sooo mismade! love it!

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Myselfsama In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 05:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Id like to see more pictures from your adventures!

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The1Blur [2008-04-02 04:57:01 +0000 UTC]

interesting.. pale...

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stormraintears [2008-04-02 04:31:08 +0000 UTC]

WOW you made that so deeeeeeep!!! I like it!

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tohlob [2008-04-02 01:42:10 +0000 UTC]

Very nice shot, b&w choice gives it the history feel it needs.

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BloodyFang18 [2008-04-02 00:56:01 +0000 UTC]

aww. The sadness in history of this piece. AMazing.

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bottled-by-authority [2008-04-02 00:47:37 +0000 UTC]

What a dirty place heheh I like it <3

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TaintedInside In reply to ??? [2008-04-02 00:29:05 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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nikos-lima [2008-04-02 00:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Impressive! So... sad. I think that's why I liked it.
Congrats!!!

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Lonely-Poet [2008-04-01 23:55:40 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Almost a silent hill type of feel here in this pic.

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Nabana [2008-04-01 23:17:37 +0000 UTC]

I just like shitting!

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FirearmsandDevices In reply to ??? [2008-04-01 21:59:56 +0000 UTC]

Great atmosphere in this.

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Nervooooz In reply to ??? [2008-04-01 21:58:59 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit! Great.

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kvson [2008-04-01 21:22:35 +0000 UTC]

OOMG!!!...

ultra nice pic

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redscofield [2008-04-01 20:59:38 +0000 UTC]

i digg it man... nice photo... very nice...

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Doomblade2712 [2008-04-01 20:58:56 +0000 UTC]

Hunny... Is that story about the pic true? (Well, the you being there in the bathtub part)

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mystical-sorceress [2008-04-01 20:57:42 +0000 UTC]

dirty

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switch-sgfx [2008-04-01 20:04:56 +0000 UTC]

Intriguing. Good shot too. Kinda creepy.

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chrike [2008-04-01 19:53:54 +0000 UTC]

lovely! this makes me even more looking forward to the next silent hill *_*

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Troopic [2008-04-01 17:01:13 +0000 UTC]

a great story! grandpa Lenin did have some ENORMOUS ideas

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devlkore [2008-04-01 16:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Lovely lighting and hues. Fav'd!

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SaftencuAdrian [2008-04-01 16:14:24 +0000 UTC]

lighting is great, awesome shot and great history behind it . .. did u really get in the bathtub ?

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jvgce [2008-04-01 15:04:57 +0000 UTC]

beautiful shoot and history.......

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