Painted Transformer Vault "Cosmos"

[mpaskina]

There are many painted transformer vaults in the streets of Moscow. This one is located near Varshavskaya metro station.
Two Russian dogs Belka ("squirrel") and Strelka ("arrow") spent a day in space in 1960
and were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.
The dogs astronauts are depicted in this graffiti with the famous

Comments

[lmeighmy]

Wow! I love murals when they're well done, and this one is incredible! :D

We have a mural in town that some highschoolers painted several years ago. I'll have to get some pictures of it.

I'll start making a list! LOL

[mpaskina]

Thank you! Hope to see photos of the mural in your journal soon :)

[lmeighmy]

You're welcome. :)

My hubby and I are headed into town tomorrow to buy groceries, so I'm going to try to get him to stop so I can take some photos...of both places. I might try to get some more of the old cemetery, too. That might seem kind of...morbid...but I love old cemeteries. ;) I always wonder what kinds of lives the people there lived and it stirs the imagination.

[mpaskina]

Oh, then you will like our new post about an old cemetery, I think. Have a good trip tomorrow!