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MTV-82 — A WORKHORSE OF THE BYGONE ERA

Part 3 (1241–1260)

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1241The old route 8 used to run up Ulitsa Tolstogo along the fence of the Botanical Garden. Here the car has just passed the corner of Tarasovskaya and is proceeding towards Universitet, where it is going to make a left turn onto Vladimirskaya.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 17.03.1955]
1242Short of Sennoy Bazar (Hay Market), Lvovskaya Ploschad-bound. A Moloko (Milk) store was as indispensable attribute of the Soviet lifestyle.
[Sergey Pirkovsky, 1970's]
1243On Vladimirskaya, at the stop of routes 8 and 15 at Operny Teatr (the tram is Solomenka-bound). Apparently the car was recently repainted from red-and-yellow into blue-and-yellow.
[Raymond De Groote, Jr., 11.07.1959]
1245Ulitsa Frunze, between the Krasin Depot (nowadays Podol Depot) and Ploschad Frunze. A ZIS-150 truck is also in the picture.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 06.1958]
1246A rare shot from the construction of the speed line to Borschagovka. The track on the right is in the process of being renovated, causing the trams run single-track on a certain stretch to the east of the Gnata Yury station, which is where this picture has been taken. The train on route 17 is bound for the Semyi Sosninykh (later Ulitsa Zodchikh) terminus.
[Lukyanovka Depot Museum, 1970's]
1249A few old houses are missing from this spot today, but trams do run. Here a westbound car on route 9 is approaching the intersection with Ul. Kosiora (Chernovola).
[Aare Olander, 22.05.1981]
1250Here, too, the cityscape has changed somewhat, but the tram line has survived. Route 7 is turning from Bulvar Lepse onto Prospekt Chubarya (Otradny). At that time, this was all new construction, including the tram line itself.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 11.1963]
1251Vladimirskaya near the intersection with Yaroslavov Val, near Zolotye Vorota. Three MTVs follow each other: the leading one is on route 8 towards Solomenka, the subsequent ones may be serving routes 2 and 4, about to turn right on Yaroslavov Val, or one of them could be the front car's mate on route 8. In order to increase the capacity of the single-track line to Solomenka, cars on that route used to run in (uncoupled) pairs.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 06.1953]
1252This picture could well be called "Destruction in progress"... The spot is the corner of Brest-Litovsky Prospekt and Ul. Nikolaya Shpaka. There is still a sign denoting a switch, "straight-left", but tracks going straight (in the picture, to the right) are no more. The train is serving route 5 "Otradny–Svyatoshin", which existed in such a configuration for a few months in 1982, before the remaining part of the Brest-Litovsky line was abandoned.
[Anatoly Vilkovich, 1982]
1254Yet another picture taken from the Zavod Bolshevik viaduct. The newly-constructed building of the Metro station by the same name (today Shulyavskaya) and the Radyanska Ukraina Press building are visible.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 1960's]
1256At the Lukyanovka Depot, in anticipation of entering service.
[Lukyanovka Depot Museum]
1257Brest-Litovsky Prospekt — apparently during the last weeks of tram service between Vozduhoflotsky Most and Zavod Bolshevik.
[Anatoly Vilkovich, 1978]
1259The Borschagovka stretch of route 17 (nowadays route 1). In the background are a standard Soviet 9-floor apartment house and a slogan calling upon citizens to implement the decisions of the XXV Congress of CPSU.
[Hans Oerlemans, 11.09.1978]
1260The turning loop at Vokzal as seen from inside.
[Wolfgang Schreiner, 06.1961]

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