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A year in review · 2012
2012
A quieter year, and I didn't mind the stillness, with Minsk holding the centre of it, peaking somewhere in year-closing December. 2 trips marked the calendar — Russia + Moldova + 1 more in July, Ukraine & Moldova 🚂 in August, reaching as far as Vladimir, 1,287 km from home, with much of the moving done by rail. I wandered a lot of museums and galleries. First stop Vladimir (Владимир) in Vladimir in January; the last was Суперпрод. Somewhere in it I wrote: “еду в Москву”
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2012
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By the numbers
2012, distilled
A year measured in steps and stamps — eight ways to see the shape of it.
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Month by month
Twelve panels of 2012
A pace check, month by month. The dial below sets the shape of the year at a glance — each wedge sized to that month's volume. Below, the photo on each row is from those weeks; the line beside it picks the city, the rhythm, and the landmark events that broke the routine.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec298CHECK-INS
2012 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
↺ from November
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January
6 check-ins
A quiet January — six check-ins in the log, most of it around Minsk.
Quiet · February
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February
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
↺ from December
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March
6 check-ins
March barely registered — six stops, most of it around Chișinău. Still, time for a stop at Clopotnița Catedralei.
Quiet · April
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April
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
Quiet · May
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May
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
Quiet · June
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June
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
↺ from December
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July
12 check-ins
July ran on Moscow time. Early in the month, the Russia + Moldova + 1 more 🚂 trip pulled everything onto the road — 46 days door to door.
[place_approx] ЕГЭ по русскому (корпус предположительно)
— Институт Современных Лингвистических Исследований МГГУ имени М.А. Шолохова · Moscow
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August
20 check-ins
A month in motion — three cities, running from Minsk through to Odesa. Long table nights, mostly. The standout: walks in Sokolniki Park (ПКиО «Сокольники») · Moscow. The Ukraine & Moldova 🚂 trip departed late in the month.
выезд поездом в Минск (поезд №100, отпр. 21:00)
— Chișinău Railway Station (Gara Feroviară Chișinău) · Chișinău
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September
3 check-ins
September barely registered — three stops, most of it around Minsk.
начало учёбы — 1 сентября
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
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October
44 check-ins
Minsk set the pace from the first day to the last. The rhythm underneath: desk hours. There was time for a night out at Jack Club, and for outdoor stretches at Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага).
Phonetics. It seems like a bear's walked on both my ears.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
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November
100 check-ins
November ran on Minsk time. Grocery loops, mostly. The standout: walks in Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага).
I hate this bus station, actually.
— Остановка «ТЦ „Кирмаш“» · Minsk
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December
107 check-ins
Minsk held the month together. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ, again and again — 16 times this month. A stop at Нулевой километр Республики Беларусь. A grumbly stretch.
↓ sharper edges
I hate this bus station either.
— Остановка «Студенческая деревня» · Minsk
Anchors
The places that kept showing up
Some venues become rituals. Some cities pull you back without trying. Here's the gravity of 2012.
Top venues
#1Гуманитарный факультет БГУ42×
#2Суперпрод12×
#3Антей12×
#4Факультет радиофизики и компьютерных технологий БГУ11×
#5Белмаркет11×
#6Лермонтова 4310×
#7Minsk Railway Station (Чыгуначны вакзал «Мінск-Пасажырскі»)10×
#8Fialta10×
Top cities
#1Minsk263×
#2Moscow13×
#3Chișinău13×
#4Odesa4×
#5Vladimir1×
#6Tiraspol1×
#7Calarasi1×
#8Bender1×
Top categories
#1College Arts Building42×
#2Bus Stop37×
#3Metro Station21×
#4Home (private)20×
#5Rail Station15×
#6Department Store13×
#7Gym12×
#8University11×
Journeys
2 trips this year
Departures and returns — tap any card to enter the trip in full.
Russia + Moldova + 1 more 🚂
2012-07-05 → 2012-08-19 · 46 days · 19 check-ins
Russia · Moldova · Belarus
Ukraine & Moldova 🚂
2012-08-24 → 2012-08-24 · 1 days · 7 check-ins
Ukraine · Moldova
In the air
1 flight across 2012
Every leg cross-checked with the FlightRadar24 diary.
RMO→DME
📅 2012-05-31Air MoldovaA3201h 35m
Memory
4 frames kept
The pictures you held onto. Tap to open any one full-screen.
Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
Факультет радиофизики и компьютерных технологий БГУ · Minsk
Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
Minsk Railway Station (Чыгуначны вакзал «Мінск-Пасажырскі») · Minsk
Words
2012 in your own voice
A handful of the year's longest shouts — fragments you wrote as you stood there.
Phonetics. It seems like a bear's walked on both my ears.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk · Belarus
[place_approx] ЕГЭ по русскому (корпус предположительно)
— Институт Современных Лингвистических Исследований МГГУ имени М.А. Шолохова · Moscow · Russia
The schedule of the buses in 18:30 PM is rather awkward.
— Остановка «Поворот на филиал БГУ» · Minsk · Belarus
Comparative philology in russian is awfully terrible.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk · Belarus
Finally I can attend my physical education lessons.
— 33-я городская студенческая поликлиника · Minsk · Belarus
выезд поездом в Минск (поезд №100, отпр. 21:00)
— Chișinău Railway Station (Gara Feroviară Chișinău) · Chișinău · Moldova
English speaking club is absolutely amazing!
— Blackberry · Minsk · Belarus
Didn't watch Germany Sweden. No comments.
— Jack Club · Minsk · Belarus
Arranged for tomorrow. Happy like hell.
— 33-я городская студенческая поликлиника · Minsk · Belarus
Пара матанализа на гумфаке решает.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk · Belarus
I hate this bus station, actually.
— Остановка «ТЦ „Кирмаш“» · Minsk · Belarus
I hate this bus station either.
— Остановка «Студенческая деревня» · Minsk · Belarus
The year in sound
7,103 scrobbles across 2012
The private radio behind the check-ins. Zемфира led the rotation. Every track logged to Last.fm.
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