| 307 |  | A few multiple-unit MTB-82 trains
in Depot No. 2. The 307, in the foreground, is signed for route 6,
one of the most heavily loaded routes at the time, from the city center
towards Ul. Stetsenko. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 319 |  | On this photo, most probably from the end of 1950s
or beginning of 1960s, the trolleybus is turning from Kreschatik onto
Bulvar Tarasa Shevchenko, serving route 9 from downtown to the
Zhulyany airport. Visible on the right is a piece of the Bessarabsky Rynok,
the oldest covered market in Kiev. A few GAZ-51 trucks surround
the trolleybus. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 320 |  | Looking at Ploschad Pobedy from the corner of
Bulvar Shevchenko and Ulitsa Saksaganskogo. The circus building has just
been completed. In the middle of the square, there is a globe with the Sputnik,
the first Soviet satellite launched three years earlier.
Many cars and trucks, as well as five trolleybuses (three inbound, two
outbound), can be seen in the picture. [Aare Olander collection, 10.10.1960] |
| 322 |  | Another picture at Bessarabskaya Ploschad, at the end
of Kreschatik. The MTB-82, most probably, is about to turn into Bulvar Shevchenko. By that time, MTBs were gradually being taken out of service,
remaining only on Depot No. 2 routes. In between the MTB and
a Skoda 9Tr there is a PAZ-652 bus; behind the MTB, a GAZ-51 truck. [Aare Olander collection, 06.1969] |
| 338 |  | Up until 1959, the present-day Bulvar Druzhby Narodov was called Avtostrada. At the beginning of the 1950s, a trolleybus line was built here. Such was a view along Avtostrada from Pechersky Most, which connected
Bulvar Lesi Ukrainki with Ulitsa Bastionnaya and Kikvidze. [From the book "Socialist Kiev" (1958), 1950's] |
| 339 |  | Brest-Litovsky Prospekt in the neighborhood of
Zheleznodorozhnoe Peresechenie (Railway Crossing; nowadays the vicinity
of Metro Beresteyskaya). Across the roadway one can see the tram tracks
which used to connect the downtown area with the outskirt of Svyatoshin.
The trolleybus is going towards the then-new residential area of Nivki. [Aare Olander collection, 10.1959] |
| 344 |  | Another part of Brest-Litovsky Prospekt, a few years
earlier. The photographer stands at the corner of Zoologicheskaya, and
we are looking at the avenue in the outbound direction, towards the
present-day location of Metro Shulyavskaya. The trolleybus is inbound, followed
by a multitude of trucks. [Aare Olander collection, 05.11.1955] |
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| 346 |  | One of a multitude of "traditional" shots on Kreschatik.
Three MTB-82s are approaching the intersection with Proreznaya. In the far
background there is a lone Pobeda, the standard Soviet passenger car of the time. [Aare Olander collection, 1959] |
| 349 |  | This is the only stretch in Kiev where trolleybus service
ended up being replaced with tram. The place is Novoborschagovskaya Ulitsa
(nowadays Prospekt Kosmonavta Komarova), the trolleybus route is 21, which was launched in the early 1960s and connected two new residential areas, Syrets
and Otradny. In 1978, the speed tram (light rail) line opened here, and
the trolleybus line was moved to parallel streets. [Aare Olander collection, 04.1964] |
| 352 |  | Ploschad Kalinina near the beginning of Kreschatik.
To the right of the trolleybuses is the Main Post Office building, erected in 1956. [Aare Olander collection, 10.04.1955] |
| 355 |  | The intersection of Bulvar Shevchenko and Vladimirskaya.
Tram tracks are still present on the latter (tram service terminated here
in 1959). The route sign of the trolleybus displays route 5,
from Ploschad Tolstogo to the above-mentioned Zheleznodorozhnoe Peresechenie. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 357 |  | The already-familiar terminus of route 5,
in the residential area of Nivki. Most probably, an MTB-82 train is being decoupled. The initial plan — never quite implemented because of
technical issues — was to run trains during rush hours and to decouple
them and use single trolleybuses with the same headway at other times. [Aare Olander collection, 06.1969] |
| 361 |  | The actual first experimental MTB train, 361+367,
on the grounds of Depot No. 2.
Note that the trolley poles are raised on the leading vehicle and lowered
on the trailer; in serial trains, it was done the other way around. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
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| 363 |  | The already-familiar intersection of Bulvar Shevchenko
and Vladimirskaya. A few Pobeda cars are before and behind the trolleybus. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 365 |  | An MTB-82 being repaired or overhauled in Depot No. 2.
Through the front glass one can see the partition separating the driver's cab
from the passenger compartment. The route sign displays the number of route
that this vehicle served last, 5. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 366 |  | The trolleybus is turning left from Vladimirskaya
onto Bulvar Shevchenko, its run along route 15 to Ploschad Tolstogo
nearing completion. Soon thereafter, trolleybuses here started running
straight down Vladimirskaya, past the main entrance to the University
building. [Aare Olander collection] |
| 373 |  | Same spot, same route, same pattern. The only
difference is in the fleet number of the trolleybus and in its position
on the photo. [Aare Olander collection] |
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| 374 |  | Depot No. 2 in the mid-1960s, viewed from
the exit. The 374 is at the head of a column of MTB-82s.
On the right is a string of newer ZiU-5s, with 921 at the head. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 380 |  | Once again, the intersection of Bulvar Shevchenko and Vladimirskaya, with tram tracks on the latter. The trolleybus, as before, is
on route 15, bound for Ploschad Tolstogo. [Aare Olander collection] |
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| 383 |  | Ploschad Bogdana Khmelnitskogo (nowadays Sofievskaya).
The trolleybus, on route 15 towards Ploschad Tolstogo, is passing by the main entrance to St Sophia of Kiev, the ancient Christian temple dating back to the first half of XI century. In the background is Vladimirskaya 22, a rental property built at the end of XIX — beginning of XX century. [Aare Olander collection, 10.1959] |
| 392 |  | Bessarabskaya Ploschad again. The trolleybus is following route towards the then-suburb of Demievka. [Aare Olander collection, 06.1961] |
| 396 |  | A work scene in Depot No. 2.
A driver or a depot worker manipulates a vehicle's trolley poles.
Beyond the hangar gate one can see the rear of a Skoda 9Tr. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
| 399 |  | Ploschad Pobedy soon after the completion of the circus building. There are two MTBs, 398 and 399, and two of their diesel brethren,
ZiS-158 buses. On the left is a special small car for the disabled. [Aare Olander collection, 02.08.1960] |