Russian Towns, Cities / Urban Development

It has a special docking device at the front, that fits into a "clamp" at the pier. Is also used to recharge the batteries.
Much faster than the old style, when the boat had to be tethered to the pier by people.

The author of the video demonstrates some examples of housing that you can buy in the village of Slyudyanka on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. On my own behalf, I want to add that this is a depressed village, there have been no new apartment buildings there for a long time, and the ones shown in the video were built no later than in the mid-80s. So the apartment buildings in the video are about half a century old or more. It's a literal village in the middle of nowhere.

If you would consider that from another perspective, it is located at the shore of the Baikal, with beaches and a small port. And less than 100 km from Irkuck makes it a potent dacha location. This type of location can only gain with time and prosperity.

ALAMO wrote:If you would consider that from another perspective, it is located at the shore of the Baikal, with beaches and a small port. And less than 100 km from Irkuck makes it a potent dacha location. This type of location can only gain with time and prosperity.

https://www.avito.ru/gusinoozersk/kvartiry/2-k._kvartira_50_m_15_et._3662319374
Yes, it is even further away - but also close to the shore of the lake (although not Lake Baikal). But this is an apartment for renovation at a price of 200,000 rubles (a little more than $2,000). It will definitely require about 1-1.5 million rubles more for repairs, but it's still even cheaper than what was in the video.
I'm not talking about all these land plots of 1000-3000 sq. m. with old houses from the beginning of the last century located on them - which can be demolished and built in their place the house that you personally want.

Contrary to myths, this is not smoke. It's mostly water vapor.

A short look at how the modern river transportation system operates in Moscow ...



With a ticket costing 150 rubels, it must be the most cost effective river boat tourism ever
Plus it is already included in other city limits long term tickets, 90 days and a yearly ones.
Kids up to 7 y/o travel for free.

And the river bus is electric...

just a timelapse of a bike ride in Moscow for 160 kilometers

The Voronezh region, the village of Novaya Usman (about 10 kilometers from Voronezh) is the largest settlement in Russia with the status of a village. The population is over 35 thousand people.
Starting from the timing of 36:45 - the Yuzhny microdistrict. All the buildings that you will see in this segment were built after 2000. Previously, this place was just a field.

Thanks for that video.
That super-village will put to shame many larger cities in planning, zoning, amenities and quality of life. Some very nice houses there.
The video is 2 years old. That super-village must have grown further since then.

well, this is a pretty shitty quality (I did it on a regular mobile phone), but I think it can be compared to how typical Russia is portrayed in Western media)))

They decided to make Kuzbass Sheregesh one of the best ski resorts in the world, 03.05.2024.

Governor of Kuzbass Sergei Tsivilev held the first meeting of the headquarters for the development of the special economic zone of the tourist and recreational type “Gornaya Shoria”, at which the deadline for completing the construction of the Sheregesh airport complex was outlined.

The head of the region also instructed to organize a unified video surveillance system in Sheregesh, strengthen police activity, ensuring the safety of tourists and residents, according to the website of the regional administration.

“In his message to the Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin called Kuzbass one of the country’s tourist centers. The main direction of our region is ski tourism. We continue to work to create one of the best resorts in the world in Sheregesh, our goal is to enter the top five. This year we approved the Sheregesh development strategy until 2035, planned to attract investments of 172 billion rubles and create at least 11 thousand new jobs. In 2023, an application was submitted for the creation of a special economic zone “Mountain Shoria”, the basis of which will be the implementation of investment projects in Sheregesh,” the governor said.

Heads of government agencies and representatives of investor companies took part in the discussion. Minister of Economic Development Konstantin Pytchenko reported that the area of ​​the special economic zone “Gornaya Shoria” will be almost 1.5 thousand hectares. The project involves the comprehensive development of the territory in sector B, a hotel and business complex in sector E, and the New Sheregesh ski complex in sector D. The total investment amount will be 41.5 billion rubles. 4 thousand new jobs will be created over 10 years. Investors will be the Sheregesh Resort Development Corporation, Cosmos Hotel Sheregesh LLC, Rusbuild LLC and other companies.

The meeting participants discussed the development of infrastructure in Sheregesh. As part of the national project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry”, construction and reconstruction of wastewater treatment plants, highways, water supply and heat supply systems are underway. All this will create the necessary basis for the implementation of investment projects in tourism infrastructure.

“All issues regarding gasification, electricity and water supply must be resolved promptly. Pay special attention to providing high-quality mobile communications and the Internet. It is important to take into account investors’ plans for implementing projects,” Tsivilev emphasized.

The Ministry of Tourism of Kuzbass has been instructed to continue interaction with investors and organize the collection of proposals for further improvement of the resort. One of the breakthrough projects will be the construction of an airport complex. Currently, a project for airfield facilities and an access road is being developed. The airport is scheduled to open in 2027. In addition, in the coming years, the old areas of the Sheregesh village will be renovated, the housing stock will be updated, and housing will be built for the staff of tourist sites.

The governor instructed to pay special attention to the work of the resort police and rescue services, and to provide the territory with a unified video surveillance system. Meetings of the headquarters for the development of the special economic zone of the tourist and recreational type “Gornaya Shoria” will be held monthly to coordinate work on infrastructure construction and synchronize investors’ plans.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/3/5/1256635.html

That park in Krasnodar looks VERY impressive.


As for Makhakha, I always think the Caucuses is a shame.
They have a perfect climate for tourism. And in Dagestan's case, lots of beaches. But they suffer from the problem of Islamist idiocy.
Chechnya has suffered from ethnic cleansing of Christian Russians. And Dagestan seems to be worse in terms of Islamist stupidity.

I remember speaking to a Dagestani online. He said "Oh Dagestan is wonderful, the whole world should visit and see it's beauty".
So I said "well do u think the place is welcoming, I mean do you think it would be good to see Christian Russians coming back and wanting to live there again".
To which he replied "Oh no, I wouldn't want that".
To which I replied "well why don't you **** off to ISIS with all the other headchopping dickheads".

Anyway, back on topic, if more Dagestanis had actual brain cells, the place could be another Krasnodar, a booming tourist capital. I'm not saying it can't go that way in the future, but obviously its WAY behind Krasnodar and Crimea etc. right now.

A Stalin style resettlement wouldn;'t do any harm with the worse offenders.

flamming_python wrote:Agree about the Islamist retards in Dagestan, you sometimes talk to people who are simply against tourists of all types because they feel that it would bring 'immortality'. Oh, do they think that there is none there to begin with, or that people don't go to Moscow or whereever to get up to that kind of thing?

But generally speaking such people are a minority just a vocal one. There are lots and lots of tourists coming to Derbent every year and it all goes without issue.

Funnily enough from Chechnya you never hear about anyone complaining about tourism. They're pretty cool with it.

They are working hard to become a tourist destination, and are proud of it.
In 2023, the number of tourists doubled - when an average hiked a quarter of that.
But Causacus in general enjoyed much bigger hike than the average - including Dagestan with +60% rise.
I guess all the tourists negative sentiments are quite common result of being tired.
Ever been to Venice?
It is a hell of an experience when locals are simply overwhelmed by the mob of tourists.
That looks like a sieged castle syndrome.
Barcelona looks almost alike - people are sick and tired with the giant flow of tourists...

https://www.rt.com/russia/597734-moscow-bans-micro-flats/

Moscow to restrict construction of micro flats – media
All newly built housing must be above the minimum size limit of 28 square meters

The city of Moscow may limit the construction of buildings containing so-called micro-flats, local news agencies reported on Thursday, citing an official letter sent to property developers. This follows an announcement last week by President Vladimir Putin of housing targets as part of the government’s new social development goals.

The document circulated by Moskomexpertiza, the government body that oversees construction and pricing in the capital, reportedly noted that Russia’s Housing Code sets a minimum size limit of 28 square meters for an apartment to be suitable for residential purposes.

The current levels of housing construction in Moscow, coupled with the targets set out in a Presidential decree mean that “deviation from the established size limit of apartments is prohibited,” the letter states, as quoted by RIA Novosti. The ban will not affect projects that were approved before May 7, it adds.

Last week, President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to improve living conditions in the country. The aim is for there to be sufficient housing for each city dweller to have a minimum living space of 33 square meters by 2030 and 38 by 2036.

Real estate experts point out that micro-flats have been highly popular in Moscow in recent years, especially among young adults.

Apartments smaller than 28 square meters currently make up 15% of the total amount of housing for sale in new developments, the highest rate ever, TASS news agency cited Pavel Lutsenko, the head of real estate database ‘Mir kvartir’ as saying. The Moscow city government introduced the 28-meter limit to avoid a shortage of parking spaces and ensure access to schooling, he suggested.

Micro flats have also proved a growing trend in other capitals, such as London. According to the British government standards, the minimum floor area for any new home should be 37 square meters. Yet micro flats as small as 19 square meters are allowed to be built. The average size of a purpose-built student accommodation in London is just over 13 square meters.