The birth of this project was caused by the barbaric extinction, in mid-2001, of one of the oldest Kiev tram lines, along Saksaganskogo Street. That action almost completed the expelling of trams from downtown Kiev, where buses again proudly contribute to the chemical composition of air — leave alone such a "European transport" as jitneys.
Although some information on today's Kiev trams is here, I have decided to put an emphasis on things gone. We are about a hundred and ten years late with the start of this activity; but not everything is irreversibly lost as yet, and one would like to try restoring whatever can be restored (in memory; in reality, nothing will come back). Also, what is here today should be preserved, too — because it won't be around tomorrow.
That said, I owe an apology to the English reader:
A majority of the information here (and on the linked sites)
is in Russian (some in Ukrainian) only.
However, look for the 
flag to see what's available in English;
and if some of the section titles seems interesting to you,
do not hesitate to drop me a line at
mash@mashke.org
— at your request, I may well be able to come up with a translated
version.
| 03.01.2009: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009! A rather rare item, a 1943 German map of Kiev, is the first addition to our site in the new year. |
| 12.12.2008: |
The
8Tr,
ZiU-5,
RVZ-6
are replenished with a few new pictures.
Also, minor updates of the links page
and the Kiewer tramway song page.
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| 29.10.2008: | A brand new page tells the story of a popular song Kiewer tramway (in Yiddish), including audio and video clips of the song. |
| 26.10.2008: | Five more new fragments on the same page, Kiev tram in literature. |
| 06.08.2008: | Four new fragments on the Kiev tram in literature page. |
| 30.04.2008: |
The last,
third
part of the 1985 gallery is here.
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| 25.04.2008: | The new FAQ page is here. (Sorry, Russian only.) |
| 23.04.2008: | The schemes section features three new specimen, from the years 1899, 1903, and mid-1920s (tentatively dated 1924). |
| 02.04.2008: |
A new photo gallery on the http://urbantransport.kiev.ua
site is dedicated to the M.A.N.
trolleybuses. Ten new fragments on the Kiev tram in literature page. |
| 31.03.2008: |
Another new photo gallery tells about the old
MTB-82 trolleybuses.
The first part (1–105) is now open. Also, a link to the photo gallery in memory on the Paton Bridge tram line, on the http://urbantransport.kiev.ua site has been added. |
| 09.03.2008: |
A new photo gallery is dedicated to the last two-axle passenger tramcars in Kiev, the
KTM-1/KTP-1.
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| 29.02.2008: |
The second part of the 1985 gallery contains
pictures from Podol, Kurenevka, and Obolon.
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| 26.02.2008: |
The T2 photo gallery is now complete, with the
third part
dedicated to cars 5041–5051 and the
fourth part
containing pictures of the inside.
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| 22.01.2008: |
The second part
of the Tatra T2 photo gallery (cars 5021–5040).
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| 15.01.2008: |
Yet another new photo gallery is dedicated to the 1980s —
more specifically, it contains tram pictures from the year
1985.
The first part is open so far.
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| 14.01.2008: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 and welcome to the wonderful world of Tatras! The first part of the histocie gallery dedicated to the T2
trams (5002–5020) is now open.
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Last updated 3 January 2009
