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2014
A balance of familiar ground and a few new turnings, always circling back to Minsk, and it was spring-edged April that burned brightest. 6 journeys in all, from Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂 in January to Moldova - celebrating New Year 🚂 in December, the furthest I got was Schwerin, 1,059 km from home. 28 cities I'd never seen before — Kharkiv and Greifswald among them. I shared most of it with Joanna K., much of it spent in front of art. It began at Станция метро «Могилёвская» in January and ended at Oliva in Chișinău. One note I left behind: “В Москву бы;)”
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2014
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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
The map hardly sat still: Minsk, Kharkiv, Odesa and more — four cities in a single month. Day to day, it was kitchen-to-kitchen rotation. A stop at Нулевой километр Республики Беларусь · Minsk — plus a museum afternoon at Итальянский Мир · Minsk. Mid-month, a packed bag again: Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂 — 37 days door to door. The 16th alone stacked up 26 stops.
пройденный материал.
— M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum (Iсторичний музей ім. М. Ф. Сумцова) · Kharkiv
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February
83 check-ins
Chișinău held the month together. The rhythm underneath: coffee runs and café mornings. There was time for a theatre night at Teatrul Dramatic de Stat pentru Tineret „Pe strada Trandafirilor”, and for a concert at Organ Hall (Sala cu Orgă). The month opened on the road, closing out Moldova - Street of Arts 🚂. The 17th alone stacked up 15 stops.
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March
66 check-ins
A Minsk month, wall to wall. Grocery loops, mostly.
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April
333 check-ins
Two home bases this time: Warsaw and Prague. Day to day, it was shopping-mall rounds. Long hours in Letná Park (Letenské sady) · Prague — plus a stop at The Powder Tower (Prašná brána) · Prague. Early in the month, a packed bag again: Study tours to Poland #2 🚂 — 26 days door to door. The map gained 202 places it had never seen; the 24th alone stacked up 31 stops.
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Квинтэссенция свободы.
— Solidarni z Białorusią · Warsaw
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May
82 check-ins
May ran on Minsk time. The rhythm underneath: weekend errands. There was time for outdoor stretches at Grushevskii Square (Грушэўскі сквер).
Пробуем сварм.
— Лермонтова 43 · Minsk
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June
182 check-ins
A month in motion — four cities, running from Minsk through to Greifswald. Long table nights, mostly. The standouts: a slow visit to Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) · Berlin; also walks in Сквер Иконникова · Brest. The GRISTUF 🚂 trip departed mid-month — 16 days door to door. The 19th alone stacked up 23 stops.
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Nach Berlin fahren.
— ZOB Greifswald · Greifswald
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July
186 check-ins
Minsk and Lviv split July between them. Day to day, it was shopping-mall rounds. Long hours in Victory Park (Парк Перамогі) · Minsk — plus a stop at Памятник В. И. Ленину · Brest. The suitcase never quite got put away: Grodno as a meetpoint 🚂, then Moldova - working in a hostel 🚂. Most days had Joanna K. in them; the 30th alone stacked up 40 stops.
Joanna La Chișinău.
— Chernivtsi Bus Station (Автовокзал Чернівці) · Chernivtsi
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August
152 check-ins
August belonged to the road — Chișinău first, then Odesa, then Bălți. The rhythm underneath: restaurant dinners. There was time for walks past Stephen the Great Monument (Monumentul lui Ștefan cel Mare) · Chișinău, and for outdoor stretches at Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Central Park (Grădina Publică „Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt”) · Chișinău. Joanna K. was there for most of it; the 7th alone stacked up 32 stops.
Joanna Joanna goes home.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău
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September
118 check-ins
September ran on Minsk time. Grocery loops, mostly. The standouts: walks in Парк культури і відпочинку ім. Т.Г. Шевченка · Chernivtsi; also a slow visit to Памятник Тарасу Шевченко · Chernivtsi. Moldova - working in a hostel 🚂 wound down in the month's first days. The 2nd alone stacked up 15 stops.
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October
86 check-ins
Minsk held the month together. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ, again and again — 22 times this month. Long hours in Парк 50-летия Октября — plus a play at Кинотеатр «Победа».
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November
60 check-ins
A Minsk month, wall to wall. The rhythm underneath: weekend errands. There was time for wandering through National Art Museum (Национальный художественный музей / National Art Museum).
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December
118 check-ins
A month in motion — three cities, running from Minsk through to Kyiv. The log keeps circling back to Гуманитарный факультет БГУ: 15 check-ins. The standouts: a slow visit to Памятник Ленину · Gomel; also walks in Сквер им. Громыко · Gomel. The Moldova - celebrating New Year 🚂 trip departed late in the month — 20 days door to door. The 26th alone stacked up 27 stops; 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 → 2014-02-20 · 37 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 → 2014-07-02 · 16 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 → 2014-09-04 · 38 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×
The year in sound
7,063 scrobbles across 2014
The private radio behind the check-ins. Jay-Jay Johanson led the rotation. Every track logged to Last.fm.
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