31.12.2007: | The updated trolleybus page now contains a complete all-time roster list as well as links to photo galleries. |
16.12.2007: | A minuscule photo gallery is dedicated to a type of tram that barely left its trace in Kiev, the RVZ-6. |
14.12.2007: | Another new photo gallery tells about a rather exotic — as for Kiev — type of trolleybus, the ZiU-5. |
13.12.2007: | A brand new photo gallery of the first imported trolleybuses in Kiev, the Skoda 8Tr, is open. Enjoy! |
01.12.2007: |
We are six years old! The anniversary is marked with the completion of two galleries at once. The MTV-82 gallery has acquired its eleventh (1541–1560) and twelfth (1561–1582) parts, and the gallery of M1 (that's the right name of the car model that we used to refer to as KTC) now feature a photo of the one car that was missing, 1106. |
15.11.2007: | The next-to-last, for now, update of the MTV-82 gallery comprises the nihth (1501–1520) and tenth (1521–1540) parts. |
11.11.2007: | The seventh (1341–1360) and eighth (1361–1387) parts of the MTV-82 photo gallery. |
06.11.2007: | In commemoration of the anniversary of liberation of Kiev from the Nazis (1943), three new pictures are added to the gallery "Under the Germans". |
03.11.2007: | The fifth (1281–1305) and sixth (1321–1340) parts of the MTV-82 photo gallery are here. |
28.10.2007: | The next chunk of the new MTV-82 gallery comprises the third (1241–1260) and fourth (1261–1280) parts. |
24.10.2007: | Two new maps, from 1894 (no transportation) and from 1973 (trams). |
18.10.2007: | A new gallery of the MTV-82 cars is open now. The first (1201–1220) and second (1221–1240) parts are here. |
10.10.2007: | Another map (dating back to 1900). |
08.10.2007: | A new map (from 1959). |
29.07.2007: | The Kiev tram in literature page is updated; excerpts from Russian, Ukrainian and Polish books and articles added. |
17.01.2007: | The YuMZ E-186 gallery has been reworked and updated. New shots of trolleybuses on city streets, as well as pictures of 4807, have been added. |
15.01.2007: | The third (so far, the last) part of the Pullman gallery (1056–1085). |
13.01.2007: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!! The first update in the new year is the second part of the Pullman gallery (1031–1055). |
17.10.2006: | Three new schemes with transit lines: 1913–1914, 1935, 1974. A new link: Kiev freight trolleybuses. |
27.09.2006: | A new page on Kiev tram in literature (fiction and memoirs) is open. |
31.08.2006: | The second part of the YuMZ T1 gallery (2411–2420) is here. Also the first part of the same gallery has been updated, as well as the first part of the ElectroLAZ gallery. |
30.08.2006: | Yet another new photo gallery is dedicated to the Pullman tram cars (part 1, 1001–1030). |
21.08.2006: | In the Schemes section there are two additions, from 1914 and 1930. |
15.07.2006: | The third essay by Vyacheslav Rassypaev, It's They who should be Live Creatures. |
08.07.2006: | Back to tram history. Our next photo story is about the Kiev-manufactured KTC cars (1101–1109). |
23.06.2006: | Once again, a new type of trolleybuses: ElectroLAZ E183 (first part, 2901–2910). |
14.03.2006: | The next photo gallery is about the YuMZ T1 (first part, 4402–4410). |
13.03.2006: | The first part of the K12.03 photo gallery (1101–1110). |
12.03.2006: | Yet another new photo gallery features the YuMZ T2 trolleybuses (first part, 501–510). |
11.03.2006: | A new photo gallery is dedicated to a unique trolleybus, K12.04. |
10.03.2006: | The second (last, so far) part of the 1970s gallery. |
16.02.2006: | A new historic photo gallery, dedicated to the 1970s (Part 1), features shots by Michael Taplin. |
31.01.2006: | A new photo gallery features the new low-floor trolleybus from Dnepropetrovsk, YuMZ E-186 (4801–4806). |
22.01.2006: | The new, sixth (last?) part of the MAZ gallery features trolleybuses 3711–3716 from Depot No. 3. Also the fifth part has been updated. |
15.01.2006: | A new photo gallery "The second life of the Tatras" is dedicated to the modernized T3's of the Darnitsa Depot. |
08.01.2006: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!! The first update in the new year is a track map of Kiev tram by Evgeniy Bachtinov. |
29.12.2005: | A new essay by Vyacheslav Rassypaev, The Hornies Progress. An article Seventy Years of Kiev Trolleybus (both in Russian). |
31.10.2005: | All parts of the MAZ gallery are updated, especially the fifth part. |
19.10.2005: | The fifth part of the MAZ gallery contains photos of 3rd Depot cars, 3701–3706. Other parts are also updated, esp. Part 4 (2701–2713). |
10.09.2005: | The schemes section features a unique item, a 1918 German map of Kiev (to scale and, naturally, with tram lines!). |
01.09.2005: | A continuation of the historic series is the new photo gallery "Under the Germans", featuring tram- and not only tram-related photos from the period of German occupation of Kiev, 1941–1943. The Photo Galleries section has been modified and reordered somewhat. |
25.08.2005: | An article From horse tram to electric tram... and back again? (Russian only). |
21.08.2005: | Photo excursions along Kiev routes start here. The first two photo galleries are dedicated to trolleybus routes 23 and 41. There are only present-day pictures as of now, but historic photos will be added in the future. |
19.08.2005: | The fourth part of the MAZ gallery (2701–2707), the last one so far. |
26.07.2005: | The third part of the MAZ gallery (1721–1730); one new photo in the first and one in the second part. |
20.07.2005: | The second part of the MAZ gallery is here. The gallery itself has been converted to PHP, and also its first part updated. |
29.06.2005: | The Publications section is augmented with a 1934 book A Kiev Handbook (in Ukrainian), which contains lots of interesting information for tram fans and not only. |
18.06.2005: | Two new items in the Schemes section: tram, trolleybus, and bus schemes from 2003 and 2004 are here. |
01.02.2005: | The new DAC-217E gallery on the "Photo Gallery of Kiev Trolleybuses" site, the slightly updated "Tram Routes" and "Trolleybus Routes" galleries, and some new links. |
23.01.2005: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005!! The long-overdue photogallery "Tram Routes" is finally here. |
05.12.2004: | Two new trolleybus photo galleries: MAZ-103T (first part) and Skoda 14Tr (on a site "Photo Gallery of Kiev Trolleybuses"). |
01.12.2004: |
We are three years old! By way of a celebration, a new Forum of Long Travel, dedicated to intercity transportation, is open. |
30.09.2004: | Two more schemes, from 1969 and 1997, find their place in the relevant section. A book by Vyacheslav Rassypaev Trolleybuses, my charming devils has been added to the collection of publications. |
19.08.2004: | The Schemes section is augmented with a 1967 scheme. |
22.07.2004: | A new gallery "Trolleybus Routes" is open. With this, the structure of the photo galleries has been changed somewhat. Also, an hierarchical navigation system is being put into place, which should make surfing the site much easier. |
28.06.2004: | My book Tram Kopeks (in Russian) is out. Please contact me at mash@mashke.org should you wish to purchase a copy. |
25.05.2004: | In the Schemes section, a list of routes from 1986 and official trolleybus schemes from ca. 1993. |
05.03.2004: | A big update of the Schemes section. Schemes from 1902, 1911, 1929, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1989, as well as a route list from 1958, are here. |
23.01.2004: | The second and last part of the KTV-55 gallery: routes 17-23. |
18.01.2004: | Kiev Cars again: The gallery of KTV-55 cars is here. |
05.01.2004: | A rather unique document is now available in the Schemes section: a list of routes and tariffs from 1918, along with regulations for... German military personnel. (In German.) |
02.01.2004: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2004! The second and last part of the KTP-55 trailers gallery is here. Another news item is not from our site, but directly relevant. A Program of Kiev transportation development for up to 2010 has become available. Those who read Ukrainian, are strongly encouraged to read it and appreciate for themselves the intellectual level of the current Kiev "head" & Co... |
16.12.2003: | A continuation of the Kiev Cars project, presented by our site and The Photo Gallery of Trams and Trolleybuses, is the first part of the gallery of KTP-55 trailers. |
07.12.2003: | A new section on HISTORY is open, and a database on Kiev Transportation History is inaugurated. The old "Publications" and "Documents" sections are united into single one; the structure of subsections is somewhat revised. |
26.10.2003: | The ninth and final, miscellaneous part of the KTV-55-2 gallery is here. Thus, the old KTV-55-2 gallery will be closed soon. |
22.10.2003: | The eighth part of the KTV-55-2 gallery: route 30. |
19.10.2003: | The Decline section of the KTV-55-2 gallery is open. The sixth and seventh parts both tell about route 8. |
30.09.2003: | Almost all pictures by Raymond De Groote that were previously missing, have been added to the "July 1959" gallery. That gallery now consists of two parts. |
26.08.2003: | Many pictures from the Anatoliy Vilkovich collection have been added to the MTV-82 gallery. The gallery itself has been thereby reorganized; it now consists of nine parts rather than eight. |
20.08.2003: | The fifth part of the KTV-55-2 gallery, completing the Maturity subsection, tells about routes 23-30. |
11.08.2003: | The fourth KTV-55-2 story is wholly dedicated to route 16, which used to run on the first Kiev tram line. |
06.08.2003: | Trolleybuses make a debut on our site! Just for a change, the first gallery is not dedicated to history, but to the present (and, hopefully, the future!): Presented today is the first low-floor trolleybus in Kiev, 1701. |
04.08.2003: | The third part of the KTV-55-2 gallery opens the subsection on "Maturity", telling about routes 3-9. |
30.07.2003: | The second part of the "Youth" section of the KTV-55-2 gallery, plus two new links. |
21.06.2003: | The Kiev Cars photo gallery goes on! Our next story tells about the memorable "Push-Pulls" of Kiev, KTV-55-2. The first section of the gallery, "Youth", is here. |
16.06.2003: | Some new schemes and route lists in the schemes section. |
09.05.2003: |
The last, eighth part of the MTV-82 gallery, called
"Unknown",
includes pictures of cars out of service or on unidentified routes.
Since all the pictures from the old MTV-82 gallery have been moved
to the new one, the old one has been closed.
In the schemes section, a 1952 table of bus tariff sections has been added. The Other cities section has been discontinued. The Denver gallery, which used to be there, is now available at http://ymtram.mashke.org/usa/denver. |
13.04.2003: | A new, substantially enhanced version of the forum. Also, the recently introduced schemes section is gradually being filled with new material. |
25.03.2003: | The seventh part of the MTV-82 gallery tells about routes 23-B. Also, the links section is updated. |
07.03.2003: | The sixth part of the MTV-82 gallery: routes 17-21. |
25.02.2003: | The fifth part of the MTV-82 gallery, with routes 15-16. |
19.02.2003: | The schemes section is inaugurated, in a preliminary form. |
31.01.2003: | The fourth part of the MTV-82 gallery in "Kiev Cars" includes routes 12-14. Also, a newly-discovered photo of route 6 has been added to part 2 (routes 5-8) of the same gallery. |
18.01.2003: | A new, vastly extended version of the essay "In Memory of Kiev Trams" has been published. This is not the final version it is still subject to amendments. |
08.01.2003: | The third part of the MTV-82 gallery in "Kiev Cars" is dedicated to routes 9-11. |
01.01.2003: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! For a New Year opener, here is the new Forum. Suggested discussion topics are: history and perspectives of Kiev (and any other) trams, trolleybuses, subways, trains, and the like. |
07.12.2002: | The second part of the MTV-82 gallery in "Kiev Cars", featuring routes 5-8. |
20.11.2002: | A joint project of our site and The Photo Gallery of Trams and Trolleybuses called "Kiev Cars". To begin with, here is a photogallery of the MTV-82 on routes 1-4. |
11.10.2002: | A unique item, a book from 1894 (!), "Electric Tram in Kiev", is in the Publications section. |
20.09.2002: | The historic gallery features a new section, "July 1959", with pictures by Raymond De Groote. They are well worth looking at! |
15.09.2002: | The addition of previously missing routes (23, 25, 27, 34) completes the gallery of current routes. The latter is also augmented by some statistical data on the routes. In the Publications section, a brochure by V.F. Veklich and L.V. Zbarsky "Problems and Perspectives of Development of Tram Transit the in Ukrainian SSR" (1980) has been added. |
05.09.2002: | The Dead Lines gallery has been given a new appearance, translated into English, and augmented with a section on Aleksandrovskiy Spusk about the first Russian electric tram line. |
01.08.2002: | The Publications section features "Tramway, a Russian Invention", a book by B.N. Rzhonsnitsky. |
28.07.2002: | The history of city transport tariffs is published on the tickets page; more "ancient" tickets are here. |
04.06.2002: | In the historic gallery, yet another section: "KTV-82 -- No Prophet in One's Own Motherland". |
05.05.2002: | A new section in the historic gallery: "MTV-82 -- a Worker of the Bygone Era". |
03.05.2002: |
The vastly expanded and refined
Ticket collection is here.
26.04.2002: A new subsection on Newspaper Articles is open, as well as a new photogallery on Other Cities, represented by Denver. 07.04.2002: New in the Documents section: various tram schedules. The Kiev Museum of Electric Transportation page features an article on the history of the museum. |
17.03.2002: | Appendices to the book "The Forty Years of Kiev Tram" are here. The gallery of current routes welcomes Nos. 28, 29, 31, 32. |
03.03.2002: | The new "Books, Articles" section is open, with a unique item: the 1933 book "The Forty Years of Kiev Tram". |
14.02.2002: | A page dedicated to the Kiev Museum of Electric Transportation is here. |
11.02.2002: | A new gallery is open, dedicated to the present: the Kiev K1 car. A speech by the Darnitsa depot director (in Ukrainian). The next today's route presented is N 7. |
04.02.2002: | The official schemes of all the remaining routes, 22 through 35. |
28.01.2002: | In the Documents section, you can now view the official schemes of tram routes 1 through 21 (as of 1992-1995). In the gallery of current routes, Nos. 8, 16, 22, 26. |
19.01.2002: | 15 new tickets added. In the historic gallery, sections on "The Beginning of the Century" and "The Unforgettable Eight" are now open. |
26.12.2001: | A new Documents section is open with a report on the 110th anniversary of the Lukyanovka depot (in Ukrainian). The English version of the site is born. |
19.12.2001: | New links added, design changed. |
18.12.2001: | In the gallery of current routes, Nos. 2, 33, 35 and some new photos of routes already represented are added. Thanks to Denis Lyubivy and Aare Olander. |
09.12.2001: | 10 new items added to the collection of tickets. Thanks to Constantin Antonenko and Vadim Dzygoon. |
01.12.2001: | The project is unveiled. |