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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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Music-Junky In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 12:20:23 +0000 UTC]

I just love this picture, really really great job!

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Miradin In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 12:09:24 +0000 UTC]

Grandfather Lenin XD
i like the pic...well i like the description more actually, it has an apocalyptic feel to it XD

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DarkAngel98913 In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 12:09:18 +0000 UTC]

very cool

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lukas-art In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 12:06:21 +0000 UTC]

My parents told me how they used to spend time in those pioneer camps. It really would have been a great thing if weren't for brainwashing of young people... But they also gave some good things like respect for elders and such tho.

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GFX-Creator [2008-03-31 12:01:30 +0000 UTC]

Great photo...
It really has an strong meaning...
Where did you find such a place? lol

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xxcelticdragonxx [2008-03-31 11:52:06 +0000 UTC]

When I first saw it I said "wow!"- this is a beautiful photo because it has such great atmosphere

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CrimsonStoneKey In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 11:48:29 +0000 UTC]

thats an amazing and creepy shot well done!

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IT3r4sI In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 11:12:09 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, yeah.. I've hear lots of storys from my parents and grandparents about pioneer camps and stuff (i'm from Lithuania, so there were many of them here too). I don't know how it was in 20th century back in Soviet Union, but i wouldn't really support that, ofc, people were kind of brainwashed with all the story's 'bout Lenin, the hero of SSRS.

Anyways, love the shot

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alexiuss In reply to IT3r4sI [2008-03-31 12:55:30 +0000 UTC]

im still brainwashed. somebody save mee

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Gizmodian In reply to alexiuss [2008-04-01 01:21:45 +0000 UTC]

Theres no help for YOU!

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JMKoontz In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 11:12:06 +0000 UTC]

love the lighting ... great job

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IceFireX In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 11:02:27 +0000 UTC]

great job.

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jevinart In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 10:56:25 +0000 UTC]

great shot! and a great history story as well....

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Philipinoguy In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 10:50:34 +0000 UTC]

wow, cool shot!
for some reason I thought the tub was a trmpoline. Ahh my iPod touch is to small...

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kunoichi-kari [2008-03-31 10:34:36 +0000 UTC]

You jumped in the TUB?! You got guts, I'd be too afraid to step inside. T_T

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mienn [2008-03-31 10:34:04 +0000 UTC]

That's kinda creepy : D

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Evil-Mirai [2008-03-31 10:32:23 +0000 UTC]

Really interesting... to visit such places. I should do something like that too. I'm glad I wasn't born during the Lenin "era" and I'm even more glad that I grew up in a free (from Russia) country. Everything's just in time I guess

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Ace0fredspades [2008-03-31 10:17:16 +0000 UTC]

hey... just amazing thing... I'm speechless...
your photoes are as amazing as your paintings!

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Hal-H-Wyatt [2008-03-31 09:27:44 +0000 UTC]

nice picture. like the edges ^^

that bathtub ride sounds fun also

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sarabjork [2008-03-31 08:56:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome photo

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Ephynephryn [2008-03-31 08:45:50 +0000 UTC]

great shot!

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prionbrain [2008-03-31 08:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Ouch!!! What happened there? The boiler exploaded?

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alexiuss In reply to prionbrain [2008-03-31 12:08:38 +0000 UTC]

haha, who knows.
looks like just decay from age though

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prionbrain In reply to alexiuss [2008-03-31 12:46:56 +0000 UTC]

I forgot my soap... but it seems I don't need it hehe - I'll go fetch my red tie anyway

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prionbrain In reply to prionbrain [2008-03-31 08:38:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! We have such camps still in Bulgaria too - with similar fate!

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BTIsaac In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 08:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Looks like home.

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dwuff In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 08:11:15 +0000 UTC]

beautiful! Absolutely wonderful shot.

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eugeniaclara In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 08:01:25 +0000 UTC]

gosh . i like the pic ! nice angle taken

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burtie In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 07:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. Nice lighting and very thought evoking after reading the description

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evrens [2008-03-31 07:24:16 +0000 UTC]

very cool pic.

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soulseeker89g [2008-03-31 07:14:17 +0000 UTC]

mmmmmm...where's the soup?

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Tsuki-Shema [2008-03-31 07:08:14 +0000 UTC]

Kinda a sad story D:
Nice photo though!

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youngVi [2008-03-31 06:54:30 +0000 UTC]

Π”Π° Π±Ρ‹Π»ΠΎ врСмя

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suzaku18 [2008-03-31 06:49:55 +0000 UTC]

it;s fun to imagine how it used to look ..

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BluDrgn426 In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 06:47:29 +0000 UTC]

always kinda eerie to see places like this

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ezradeacon [2008-03-31 06:46:27 +0000 UTC]

Creepy

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lamagamorgana [2008-03-31 06:45:11 +0000 UTC]

"human ruins" are always disturbing, but this picture is beautiful Β°OΒ°

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The-Biroboy [2008-03-31 06:37:36 +0000 UTC]

CREEPY and AWESOME

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ToM4Z In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 06:26:10 +0000 UTC]

waw
kinda creepy

reminds of half-life 2

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AniseShaw In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 06:13:26 +0000 UTC]

the concept of this photograph is interesting - you have a knack for documentary.

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Xantiel [2008-03-31 06:03:46 +0000 UTC]

awesome! i love it!!!

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girlmachete [2008-03-31 05:49:10 +0000 UTC]

This is so gorgeous! I set it as my desktop background

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Mr-Frenzy [2008-03-31 05:43:54 +0000 UTC]

looks good, nice strong contrast. Lovely work

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Jernberg [2008-03-31 05:42:47 +0000 UTC]

abandoned dreams... Russia is the living proof that communism only works in theory...

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TOMIarsfan In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 05:37:10 +0000 UTC]

looks Good ;] creepies
and Half Life 2 ;D

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Kibi-s2 [2008-03-31 05:29:53 +0000 UTC]

It looks so eerie.
I'll pass on that bath. "_"

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black-cat16 [2008-03-31 05:29:10 +0000 UTC]

it is great shot. smells like history ^^

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BlackScarletLove In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 05:29:03 +0000 UTC]

cool image, love the blue, great story too. ride that tub

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ChibiLi In reply to ??? [2008-03-31 05:27:34 +0000 UTC]

lol Makes me wanna....look forward to bath-time xDDDD

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BoXAbuse [2008-03-31 05:11:35 +0000 UTC]

excelent, i love the creepynes to it, but it also houses a sad, pity-esk feel to it

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