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A year in review · 2014
2014
A balanced year — familiar grounds and a few new ones, with Minsk as the gravitational centre, and spring-edged April burning the brightest stretch. While you orbited Гуманитарный факультет БГУ again and again.
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2014
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By the numbers
2014, 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 2014
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1,607CHECK-INS
2014 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
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January
141 check-ins
Across 4 cities, anchored in Kharkiv, grocery loops, with a stop at Нулевой километр Республики Беларусь · Minsk (14×) and a museum afternoon at Итальянский Мир · Minsk (6×). The Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 87 new places on the map.
пройденный материал.
— M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum (Iсторичний музей ім. М. Ф. Сумцова) · Kharkiv
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02
February
83 check-ins
Chișinău set the rhythm — café-stop rhythm, with a theatre night at Teatrul Dramatic de Stat pentru Tineret „Pe strada Trandafirilor” (2×) and a concert at Organ Hall (Sala cu Orgă) (2×). Returning home from Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂, 23 new places on the map.
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March
66 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — travel days and transit lounges. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (12×), 11 new places on the map.
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April
333 check-ins
Split between Warsaw and Prague, grocery loops, with long hours in Letná Park (Letenské sady) · Prague (27×) and a stop at The Powder Tower (Prašná brána) · Prague (11×). The Study tours to Poland #2 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 202 new places on the map. With Joanna K. in the frame, 29 active days — barely a gap.
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Квинтэссенция свободы.
— Solidarni z Białorusią · Warsaw
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May
82 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds, with outdoor stretches at Grushevskii Square (Грушэўскі сквер) (2×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (21×), 14 new places on the map. 29 active days — barely a gap.
Пробуем сварм.
— Лермонтова 43 · Minsk
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06
June
182 check-ins
Across 4 cities, anchored in Berlin, weekend errands, with a slow visit to Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) · Berlin (13×) and walks in Сквер Иконникова · Brest (7×). The GRISTUF 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 108 new places on the map.
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Nach Berlin fahren.
— ZOB Greifswald · Greifswald
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July
186 check-ins
Split between Minsk and Lviv, grocery loops, with long hours in Victory Park (Парк Перамогі) · Minsk (19×) and a stop at Памятник В. И. Ленину · Brest (14×). Суперпрод the recurring anchor (13×), 2 trips launching — Grodno as a meetpoint 🚂 and Moldova - working in a hostel 🚂, 120 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K., 27 active days — barely a gap.
Joanna La Chișinău.
— Chernivtsi Bus Station (Автовокзал Чернівці) · Chernivtsi
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August
152 check-ins
Across 3 cities, anchored in Chișinău, shopping-mall rounds, with walks past Stephen the Great Monument (Monumentul lui Ștefan cel Mare) · Chișinău (14×) and outdoor stretches at Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Central Park (Grădina Publică „Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt”) · Chișinău (11×). 61 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K., 27 active days — barely a gap.
Joanna Joanna goes home.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău
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September
118 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — travel days and transit lounges, with walks in Парк культури і відпочинку ім. Т.Г. Шевченка · Chernivtsi (5×) and a slow visit to Памятник Тарасу Шевченко · Chernivtsi (5×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (18×), returning home from Moldova - working in a hostel 🚂, 23 new places on the map. 26 active days — barely a gap.
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October
86 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — office days running into each other, with long hours in Парк 50-летия Октября and a play at Кинотеатр «Победа». Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (22×), 15 new places on the map. 29 active days — barely a gap.
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November
60 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds, with wandering through National Art Museum (Национальный художественный музей / National Art Museum). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (17×). 25 active days — barely a gap.
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12
December
118 check-ins
Across 3 cities, anchored in Minsk, restaurant dinners, with a slow visit to Памятник Ленину · Gomel (7×) and walks in Сквер им. Громыко · Gomel (4×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (15×), the Moldova - celebrating New Year 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 47 new places on the map. With Joanna K. in the frame, 25 active days — barely a gap, a buoyant month.
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Выставляю оценки за вторую четверть. Они не блещут.
— Средняя школа № 101 · Minsk
Anchors
The places that kept showing up
Some venues become rituals. Some cities pull you back without trying. Here's the gravity of 2014.
Top venues
#1Гуманитарный факультет БГУ123×
#2Суперпрод75×
#3Столовая54×
#4Средняя школа № 10128×
#5Minsk Railway Station (Чыгуначны вакзал «Мінск-Пасажырскі»)22×
#6Шафарнянская 617×
#7Станция метро «Грушевка»10×
#8Public Services Agency (Agenția Servicii Publice)7×
Top cities
#1Minsk628×
#2Warsaw183×
#3Chișinău173×
#4Prague97×
#5Odesa73×
#6Kharkiv56×
#7Berlin54×
#8Greifswald44×
Top categories
#1College Arts Building125×
#2Plaza86×
#3Department Store84×
#4Rail Station69×
#5Monument65×
#6Park57×
#7College Cafeteria57×
#8Metro Station55×
Journeys
6 trips this year
Departures and returns — tap any card to enter the trip in full.
Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂
2014-01-15 → 2014-02-19 · 36 days · 166 check-ins
Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus
Study tours to Poland #2 🚂
2014-04-04 → 2014-04-29 · 26 days · 315 check-ins
Poland · Czech Republic · Belarus
GRISTUF 🚂
2014-06-17 → 2014-07-01 · 15 days · 168 check-ins
Germany · Poland · Belarus
Grodno as a meetpoint 🚂
2014-07-02 → 2014-07-04 · 3 days · 20 check-ins
Belarus
Moldova - working in a hostel 🚂
2014-07-29 → 2014-09-03 · 37 days · 251 check-ins
Ukraine · Moldova · Belarus
Moldova - celebrating New Year 🚂
2014-12-24 → 2015-01-12 · 20 days · 117 check-ins
Ukraine · Moldova · Belarus
Memory
1 frame kept
The pictures you held onto. Tap to open any one full-screen.
Megapolis Mall · Chișinău
Words
2014 in your own voice
A handful of the year's longest shouts — fragments you wrote as you stood there.
Выставляю оценки за вторую четверть. Они не блещут.
— Средняя школа № 101 · Minsk · Belarus
Последняя розетка в жизни.
— Гостиница «Гомель» · Gomel · Belarus
Joanna Joanna goes home.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău · Moldova
Квинтэссенция свободы.
— Solidarni z Białorusią · Warsaw · Poland
Нет в Варшаве баксов.
— Idea Bank · Warsaw · Poland
Joanna Good memories.
— Funky Mamaliga Hostel · Chișinău · Moldova
Комаровка по-киевски.
— Bessarabian Market (Бесcарабський ринок) · Kyiv · Ukraine
пройденный материал.
— M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum (Iсторичний музей ім. М. Ф. Сумцова) · Kharkiv · Ukraine
Отличная экспозиция.
— Гомельский областной музей военной славы · Gomel · Belarus
Без комиссии, да ну!
— Центр обслуговування абонентів Lifecell · Kyiv · Ukraine
Nach Berlin fahren.
— ZOB Greifswald · Greifswald · Germany
Fußball live sehen.
— Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) · Berlin · Germany
With you
In good company
The names that showed up most often beside yours through 2014.
#1Joanna K.122×
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