Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: divided village RUUA: Uspenkaja
Date: May 30, 2004 @ 21:22
Author: Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
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Exactly.
 
Excellent work!
 
The Danish title is however: "Galskab på grænsen" - Madness on the border.
 
Jesper
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Smaardijk
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:17 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: divided village RUUA: Uspenkaja

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@i...>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> I found a article (written by Kevin O-Flynn, Moscow Times,
translated in to Danish) from 2001 about a divided village on RUUA
with divided houses and properties. It's called Uspenkaja. The
article also describe a presence of a railway.
>
> I have been trying to locate the place and decided this most be the
one:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/24exv
>
> Then I tried to compare with the old Soviet maps, but got confused.
Is this the one?
>
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/x-ussr/100k/L-37-006.jpg
>
> Jesper

Yes, probably. The village is called Avilo-Uspenka, but its railway
station is called Uspenskaja.

The article in English (I think this is the one you're talking
about): http://www.sptimesrussia.com/archive/times/632/top/t_1414.htm

Peter S.