so far as has been reported here to date
ruua was originally & apparently still is nothing but a line drawn
on old & inadequate maps
except perhaps for a rare outbreak of precision on the ground
such as occurs at byruua
& nowhere else yet confirmed

so when the ruua boundary is alleged or sought on the ground
generally
if indeed it can be found there at all with any confidence
it is naturally subject to all manner of guesswork at best
& thus all manner of absurdities
both actually encountered & merely imagined

so it remains a question
in my mind at least
whether all or any of the supposed anomalies really do occur
there
since i dont yet see precisely how they could have occurred
under the very loose circumstances so far reported

nor do i see yet how any of these supposed situations could
have involved rye or building permits or design of any kind

more likely vodka & miscomprehension & happenchance
if any chance

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Karolis B."
<kbajoraz@y...> wrote:

> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
> <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > Interesting border situation on RUUA: the twin towns of

Melovoe

> (UA)
> > and Èertkovo (RU). I read somewhere that the border even

divides

> the
> > local hairdresser's. At

http://iisd.org.ua/dg/200301/0129dgdoc.htm

> it
> > mentions the boundary as running in the middle of the main

road. At

> > http://www.kv.com.ua/index.php?rub=40&number_old=2716

another

> article
> > on the situation (the bloke in the photograph is standing on

the

> > border, according to the text).
> > http://magazines.russ.ru/oz/2002/6/2002_06_25.html

mentions a meat

> > processing factory which is on the boundary, but owned by

Russia.

> >
> > Peter S.
>
> My quesiton is why such situations happened at all. What kind

of rye-

> drunk nomenklaturist carved out a land parcel or issued a

building

> permit to build ONE property that is on both sides of the

border?

> Especially keeping in mind that no one had such authority. Two
> bordering entities can design adjacent parcels, but one can

design

> one parcel spanning the border!
>
> Karolis