russia – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

TALLINN, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 GRAFFITI: POLITICAL ART “Z”

Published on February 28, 2023 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Another “war on the wall.” A Russian “Z” scrawled over a sticker supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
February 2023

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: CLOUDS OVER IVANGOROD

Published on June 14, 2022 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

“I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.”
― W.B. Yeats

11apr22 Narva, Estonia view of Ivangorod, Russia

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 & IVANGOROD, RUSSIA 🇷🇺: FORTRESS

Published on November 27, 2021 by jacquelinemhadel6 Comments

Hey 👋🏽 Russia 🇷🇺, I see 👀 you.
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Привет Россия, я вижу 👀 тебя.
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Ivangorod Fortress. Located on the Narva River along the Russian border with Estonia, across from Narva.
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“Ivangorod Fortress was established by Ivan III in 1492, intended to reaffirm Muscovy’s right to access the Baltic Sea and to form a bulwark against the Teutonic Order, being built opposite the powerful Teutonic Hermann Castle.”
Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪
21nov21

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: DAILY LIFE

Published on October 7, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙, 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙 𝙊𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖.

Alexander’s Church (Estonian: Aleksandri Suurkirik) is a church of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Narva, Estonia. Narva Church’s original cornerstone was laid in summer 1881. It was congregated after Emperor Alexander II in fall 1883, after his assassination earlier in spring. Alexander ll was the Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination. His most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. The church was consecrated on 9 June 1884. It was given cathedral status on 19 September 2000. (notes from wiki)

I find old wooden buildings in old Soviet republics so striking because it makes you think in awe of how they survived wars and occupations. Or did they? Maybe they came to be after those times. But, it doesn’t look like it.

Panoramic view. Narva is a quiet town. There are many opportunities to get ‘people-less’ shots.

Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪 September 2021

NARVA, ESTONIA: ACROSS THE RIVER

Published on September 28, 2021September 10, 2021 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Castle on the left, is in Estonia. To the right, across the Narva River, is Ivangorod, Russia. You can see the Russian flag.

Standing above the promenade, looking at Russia across the river.

4september 2021

CHISINAU, MOLDOVA GRAFFITI: “DEAR EU, PLEASE ACCEPT US”

Published on July 8, 2017 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Here is some graffiti depicting a Moldovan mother and child walking up a path to the European Union. The Republic of Moldova has been actively pursuing European Union membership for years. But, due to its poverty level (the poorest of any countries pursuing membership) and its ongoing Transnistrian dispute (Transnistria is an independently formed breakaway republic backed by, you guessed it, Russia), the EU has not been willing to accept the country. The EU has set up shop in Chisinau (since 2005) and is trying to ‘help’ with the conflict in order to (possibly) eventually bring Moldova into the Union, as Moldova has desperately tried to gain entry for so long… – I’m taking a road trip to Transnistria today, as I wish to see it for myself.

7july17. Chisinau, Moldova.

KIEV, UKRAINE: IT’S A POWDER KEG, CEASEFIRE NO MORE…

Published on February 23, 2015October 15, 2020 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Images you’re about to see from today, February 22, 2015:

~ Gathering of Ukrainians at St. Michael’s Cathedral Square

~ Mobile film stations were set up in the square by the Ukrainian Military Defense to show the Ukrainian people “evidence” of the current Russian aggression.

~ Children are laughing and smiling, climbing on tanks (seemingly unaware of the real horrors occurring in Donetsk, Debaltseve…)

~ Burnt out cars (bombed, shelled) from the war with Russia (and the Separatists) brought in from Donetsk, Debaltseve with Ukrainians (and their children) getting up close and peering into them.

~ Waving of Ukrainian flags (blue & yellow) and “a black and red flag, this one raised by pro-Ukraine protesters, belongs to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The members were Ukrainian nationalists who fought against both sides in WW2 for an independent Ukraine – even resorting to collaborating with the German army as a tactical strategy to achieve nationalist goals. Some accuse them of murdering Jews and Poles, so in Russia this flag is regarded as fascist. (BBC News)