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MTB-82: "I GET ON THE BLUE TROLLEY BUS ON THE RUN..."

Part 4 (501–514)

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503Most probably on the grounds of Depot No. 2 soon after it went into service. The territory around the depot is still quite pristine: an industrial zone in this neighborhood of Shulyavka has yet to be developed.
[Aare Olander collection, 08.1961]
512Another rare photo: an MTB-82 at the Rybkombinat terminus of route 8. The line from downtown to the neighborhood of Chokolovka along Vozduhoflotskoe Shosse was constructed at the beginning of the 1950s; at first, it terminated here before being extended to Aeroport a little later. In the 1970s, this turning loop was liquidated and replaced with another one at Smelyanskaya Ulitsa, a little closer to downtown, which is where it is today.
[Aare Olander collection]
This is most probably on the central thoroughfare of Nivki, Ulitsa Scherbakova. An unknown trolleybus is serving route 6, with a standard Communist slogan adorning its front planel.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 08.11.1963]
The beginning of Kreschatik viewed from the intersection with Sverdlova (Proreznaya) towards Ploschad Kalinina (Nezavisimosti). Two MTB-82s are moving towards each other, miscellaneous passenger cars are in the middle of the roadway (in particular, trailing the trolleybus near us is a Moskvich-401, modeled after the German Opel Kadet following World War II). Post-war buildup (this part of the street had been blown up thoroughly by Soviet secret agents in September 1941) is in full progress.
[State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 12.1950]

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