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A year in review · 2012
2012
A softer year by the count, with Minsk pulling the thread back home, peaking in the year-closing weeks of December. Belarus opened up as a first-time country, and Гуманитарный факультет БГУ quietly became a daily ritual.
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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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Flights
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec251CHECK-INS
2012 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
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January
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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February
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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March
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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April
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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May
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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June
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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July
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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August
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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September
No check-ins logged
A month off the map — the calendar quietly empty.
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October
44 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — office days running into each other, with a night out at Jack Club and outdoor stretches at Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага). A first stamp in Belarus, 25 new places on the map.
Phonetics. It seems like a bear's walked on both my ears.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
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November
100 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds, with walks in Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага) (3×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (16×), 37 new places on the map. 27 active days — barely a gap.
I hate this bus station, actually.
— Остановка «ТЦ „Кирмаш“» · Minsk
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December
107 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — weekend errands, with a stop at Нулевой километр Республики Беларусь (2×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (16×), 36 new places on the map. 30 active days — barely a gap, 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 БГУ41×
#2Суперпрод12×
#3Антей12×
#4Факультет радиофизики и компьютерных технологий БГУ11×
#5Белмаркет11×
#6Fialta10×
#7Minsk Railway Station (Чыгуначны вакзал «Мінск-Пасажырскі»)8×
#8Остановка «Поворот на филиал БГУ»7×
Top cities
#1Minsk251×
Top categories
#1College Arts Building41×
#2Bus Stop37×
#3Metro Station21×
#4Home (private)15×
#5Department Store13×
#6Gym12×
#7College Technology Building11×
#8Grocery Store11×
Firsts
New ground in 2012
Borders crossed for the first time — the dots that turned gold.
Belarus
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
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
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
Health certificate is done.
— Главпочтамт / Белпочта 220050 · Minsk · Belarus
Wish to see moldavian one.
— Нулевой километр Республики Беларусь · Minsk · Belarus
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