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A year in review · 2015
2015
A quieter chapter than the years around it, anchored deep in Minsk, with midsummer July as the loudest weeks. Lithuania opened up as a first-time country, and Гуманитарный факультет БГУ quietly became a daily ritual.
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2015
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By the numbers
2015, 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 2015
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec893CHECK-INS
2015 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
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January
84 check-ins
Split between Minsk and Chișinău, long table nights, with walks past Памятник Тарасу Шевченко · Chernivtsi (2×) and outdoor stretches at Центральний парк · Kovel (2×). 33 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K., 26 active days — barely a gap, a warm note running through it.
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Почему в Ковеле есть, а в Минске нету?!
— Classic · Kovel
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February
59 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds, with a gallery visit to Белорусский государственный музей истории Великой Отечественной войны (2×) and walks in Loshitsa park (Лошыцкі парк). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (17×). 26 active days — barely a gap.
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March
59 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — weekend errands, with long hours in Парк имени Грековой (2×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (11×), the Polish village with love 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 19 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
↺ from January
04
April
64 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — on the move, with outdoor stretches at Маломедвежинский сквер (2×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (13×), returning home from Polish village with love 🚂, 10 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
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May
119 check-ins
Split between Minsk and Warsaw, shopping-mall rounds, with walks in Парк имени Грековой · Minsk (6×) and a slow visit to Усыпальница Святополк–Мирских · Mir (4×). 2 trips launching — Mir - Nesvizh 🚗 and ISWI #2 🚂, 53 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
Боль и страдания, как всегда в Бресте.
— Автовокзал · Brest
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June
106 check-ins
Across 3 cities, anchored in Ilmenau, weekend errands, with long hours in Park an der Ilm · Weimar (7×) and a stop at Jakobsfriedhof · Weimar. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (10×), returning home from ISWI #2 🚂, a first stamp in Lithuania. With Joanna K. in the frame.
срамота-то какая
— Лингвогуманитарный колледж МГЛУ · Minsk
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July
167 check-ins
Split between Warsaw and Minsk, grocery loops, with outdoor stretches at Basowiszcza · Gródek (19×) and walks past Great Duke Gediminas monument (Paminklas LDK didžiajam kunigaikščiui Gediminui) · Vilnius (5×). The Summer vacations in a pair 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 98 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
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August
50 check-ins
Chișinău set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds, with walks in Parcul Serghei Lazo (5×) and a poker night at Rio Poker Club (4×). 15 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
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September
68 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — travel days and transit lounges. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (10×), returning home from Summer vacations in a pair 🚂, a first stamp in Turkey.
боженька, дай мне сил
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
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October
57 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — grocery loops, with walks past памятник Ленину (2×) and outdoor stretches at Сквер им. Дзержинского (2×). 11 new places on the map. Most often beside Joanna K..
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November
39 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — shopping-mall rounds. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (17×). Most often beside Joanna K..
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December
21 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — desk hours. With Joanna K. in the frame.
Anchors
The places that kept showing up
Some venues become rituals. Some cities pull you back without trying. Here's the gravity of 2015.
Top venues
#1Гуманитарный факультет БГУ98×
#2Суперпрод46×
#3Средняя школа № 10133×
#4Столовая17×
#5Объединенный институт проблем информатики13×
#6ТЦСОН Первомайского района13×
#7Minsk Railway Station (Чыгуначны вакзал «Мінск-Пасажырскі»)11×
#8Шафарнянская 611×
Top cities
#1Minsk469×
#2Chișinău68×
#3Warsaw56×
#4Ilmenau42×
#5Gródek27×
#6Vilnius26×
#7Białystok24×
#8Chernivtsi21×
Top categories
#1College Arts Building102×
#2Department Store54×
#3Bus Station48×
#4Plaza40×
#5Park39×
#6Education33×
#7Rail Station32×
#8Bank31×
Firsts
New ground in 2015
Borders crossed for the first time — the dots that turned gold.
Lithuania
Journeys
4 trips this year
Departures and returns — tap any card to enter the trip in full.
Polish village with love 🚂
2015-03-29 → 2015-04-03 · 6 days · 32 check-ins
Poland · Belarus
Mir - Nesvizh 🚗
2015-05-02 → 2015-05-02 · 1 days · 14 check-ins
Belarus
ISWI #2 🚂
2015-05-27 → 2015-06-08 · 13 days · 130 check-ins
Germany · Poland · Belarus · Lithuania
Summer vacations in a pair 🚂
2015-07-15 → 2015-09-08 · 56 days · 208 check-ins
Poland · Moldova · Ukraine · Lithuania · Belarus
Memory
1 frame kept
The pictures you held onto. Tap to open any one full-screen.
Вулиця Головна · Chernivtsi
Words
2015 in your own voice
A handful of the year's longest shouts — fragments you wrote as you stood there.
Почему в Ковеле есть, а в Минске нету?!
— Classic · Kovel · Ukraine
Боль и страдания, как всегда в Бресте.
— Автовокзал · Brest · Belarus
Сделают пластик за 24 часа. Респект.
— Moldindconbank · Chișinău · Moldova
Я бы сделал здесь предложение.
— Піцерія / Pizzeria · Chernivtsi · Ukraine
Ну что ж, поехали, снова.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău · Moldova
боженька, дай мне сил
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk · Belarus
Жесть, как она есть.
— Поезд Ковель-Заболоття · Kovel · Ukraine
Где чёртов туалет?!
— Gara Auto Bălți · Bălți · Moldova
Не проспи, Андрюха!
— Поезд №096Б Брест-Центральный - Москва-Белорусская · Brest · Belarus
Заболотье>Удрицк.
— Ж/д станция «Заболотье» · Domanove · Ukraine
срамота-то какая
— Лингвогуманитарный колледж МГЛУ · Minsk · Belarus
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— McDonald's · Berlin · Germany
With you
In good company
The names that showed up most often beside yours through 2015.
#1Joanna K.172×
#2Tuğba Yoldaş1×
#3Максим Солодкий1×
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