Painted Houses of Borovsk
People of this small Russian town Borovsk are fond of painting their houses with different kind of stories. Some prefer pictures from past, some are more modern oriented.
Visitors of the city can get a special map with all the sites of interest across the town.
photos by ptatao
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Wonderful!
pretty town.
For a minute there it felt like I was really in that town.
Great
good! horosho!
Charming- wish you had included more narrative about this tradition.
[...] February 12, 2007 at 8:37 am · Filed under Uncategorized Painted Russian Houses (Pics) People of this small Russian town Borovsk are fond of painting their houses with different kind of stories. Some prefer pictures from past, some are more modern oriented…[news][entertainment][world & business][offbeat news] [...]
How remarkable.
Wow!! that is amazing. My favorite is the one with the girl balancing on top of the pipe.
[...] Pictures of Painted Russian Houses [...]
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What is the story behind that giant carrot? Is it radioactive from Chernobyl?
No not from Chernyobal, but peanut from world trade center
Russia is amazing country with rich history and culture.
great… i wish i could visit russia.. well, someday maybe i will.. kisss
[...] Vladimir Ovchinnikov, un ingeniero retirado, tuvo hace algunos años la idea de volver famoso a Borovsk, el pueblo en que habita, una pequeña localidad al este de Moscú. Su idea difícilmente pudo haber sido más audáz y poética, plasmar en los muros del pueblo, fragmentos de su historia y cultura. [...]
Comment by Asmat
2007-02-12 12:43:17
Russia is amazing country with rich history and culture.
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very informative…
[...] Via Wooster fann jag en länk till English Russia som visar bilder från den lilla staden Borovsk i Ryssland. [...]
[...] Mais fotos das casas de Borovsk. [...]
What a fantastic place. I wish we all had the ability and privilege to express ourselves and decorate our own environment..
Borovsk is my hometown and I can tell you exactly who made all these paintings. They are all by that weird looking guy without a shirt sitting on a trunk of a car with little girl on his lap (his granddaughter). He drew it on his garage gate and by the way, he does not own a Mercedes J. As you can tell he’s much better doing sceneries than portraits.
Some painting don’t’ mean anything, but some reflect Borovsk’s history and famous people who lived there.
Some of the paintings contain poems, all written by the same lady.