| 207 |  | A winter setting at Ploschad Kalinina (Nezavisimosti).
This is where a turning loop for trolleybus routes going out to Lukyanovka
and further to Syrets and Kurenevka used to be.
Trailing MTB-82 No. 207 is a two-door 9Tr No. 182.
At the end of the 1970s the square was reconfigured, and thе loop
moved to a point where Sofievskaya and Malaya Zhitomirskaya streets
converge, which is where it is nowadays. [Aare Olander collection, 1963] |
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| 208 |  | During the 1960s, the MTBs were gradually repainted,
becoming white or cream instead of blue. Here a freshly-painted 208
passes the intersection of Krasnoarmeyskaya and Ivana Kudri, serving route 13.
Seen in the background is the Kiev Dzerzhinsky Electric Transport Factory,
which was being expanded at that time. During 2003‒04, not without
some effort by then-Mayor Omelchenko, the site was sold, and the factory
downscaled to a bare minimum and relocated to the Kurenevka Tram Depot.
[Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 210 |  | Two official-looking persons stand in front
of trolleybus 210, most probably at Depot No. 2 during its
official opening. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 211 |  | Kreschatik viewed from Ploschad Kalinina at the
beginning of the 1960s. The MTB-82s still bear the manufacturer's livery.
Moving in the opposite direction is another group of trolleybuses with a
Skoda 8Tr in the head.
[Aare Olander collection, 22.12.1962] |
| 215 |  | In 1966, Vladimir Veklich, Chief Engineer at Trolleybus
Depot No. 2, formed the world's first experimental
multiple-unit trolleybus train. The experiment proved to be a success
and was later on extended onto Skoda 9Tr's.
Here, in 1969, a decoupled MTB+MTB train is seen laying over at the then-terminus
of route 5, Ulitsa Severosyretskaya.
[Aare Olander collection, 06.1969] |
| 217 |  | In October 1959, tram service on Vladimirskaya
was suspended. By way of a compensation (much less than adequate,
as almost always), trolleybus route 15 started running
from Ploschad Tolstogo to Pravitelstvennaya (Mihailovskaya) Ploschad.
Tram tracks, however were left intact until next year.
This picture can therefore be attributed to the fall of 1959 or spring of
1960. The location is Vladimirskaya between Tolstogo and Bulvar Shevchenko,
almost opposite the main entrance to the main building of Kiev University.
[Aare Olander collection] |
| 220 |  | A view to the west from Vozduhoflotsky Most (bridge).
Some old buildings, dating back to before 1917, can be seen,
as well as a tram line along Brest-Litovskoe Shosse.
Once can discern two MTB-82s as well as two LAZ-695 buses. [Aare Olander collection, 05.1966] |
| 223 |  | In 1969, a trolleybus line on Belorusskaya Ulitsa
(previously served by trams) was inaugurated. The turning loop was built
on Lukyanovskaya Ploschad, which is where we see this MTB No. 223.
This is still the terminus of route 23 to the neighborhood of Nivki,
which has not changed during its forty years of existence. [Aare Olander collection] |
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| 226 |  | A view along Kreschatik from Bessarabskaya Ploschad.
A trolleybus on route 1, which connected the downtown area with
Demievka back then, is approaching. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 237 |  | Another stretch of Brest-Litovsky Prospekt, most
probably near Politehnicheskij Institut. The trolleybus is serving route 7,
from Ploschad Stalina to Polevaya — as seen on its route sign.
Trucks and a country bus are trailing the trolleybus, and a dump truck
is going in the opposite direction. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 241 |  | This is the beginning of Krasnoarmeyskaya,
near the Bessarabskaya Ploschad stop, outbound.
Two MTBs, 241 an 373, are in the picture. In the background is the storefront
of the Syajvo bookstore. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 247 |  | A perspective of the beginning of Ulitsa Lenina
(these days, Bogdana Khmelnitskogo) viewed towards Kreschatik.
A total of four MTBs are in the picture. The 247 is most probably
on route 8, from Kreschatik to Chokolovka.
A typical Stalin-style building, towering over Kreschatik, is in the far
background. [Aare Olander collection, 19.05.1955] |
| 250 |  | The end part of Krasnoarmeyskaya, with
Ploschad Dzerzhinskogo (where Metro Lybedskaya is now) in the background.
The two trolleybuses closest to us, 10 and 250, are both on route 10,
linking Vokzal and Most Patona. Between them is a LAZ-695 bus. [Aare Olander collection, 10.1959] |
| 257 |  | A perspective of Ulitsa Lenina from the intersection
with Vladimirskaya towards Kreschatik. A brand-new MTB No. 257
is on route 2, from Ploschad Stalina to Vokzal.
Behind it is the only private car in the picture, a Pobeda.
Kiev's chestnuts are in full flourish... [State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 07.05.1951] |
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