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A year in review · 2017
2017
The year found its rhythm and I kept to it, with Minsk holding the centre of it, and midsummer July ran fastest of the twelve. 4 journeys in all, from One day in Vitebsk 🚗 in March to Mogilev - the first visit 🚂 in September, the furthest I got was Odesa, 863 km from home. 10 cities I'd never seen before — Mogilev and Vitebsk among them. I shared most of it with Joanna K.. It began at Лермонтова 43 in January and ended at Полянка. One note I left behind: “Как в старые добрые.”
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2017
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By the numbers
2017, 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 2017
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1,222CHECK-INS
2017 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
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January
36 check-ins
Minsk set the pace from the first day to the last. Day to day, it was shopping-mall rounds. A gig at Re:Public — plus a play at Silver Screen Cinemas. The name beside mine most often: Joanna K..
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February
37 check-ins
February ran on Minsk time. The rhythm underneath: desk hours. There was time for outdoor stretches at Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага), and for wandering through Дом-музей I съезда РСДРП.
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March
70 check-ins
Minsk held the month together. The log keeps circling back to Суперпрод: eleven check-ins. The standouts: walks in Сквер Героев Отечественной войны 1812 года · Vitebsk; also a gallery visit to Арт-центр Шагала · Vitebsk. The One day in Vitebsk 🚗 trip departed late in the month. Joanna K. shows up more than anyone else; the 25th alone stacked up 18 stops.
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April
66 check-ins
A Minsk month, wall to wall. Day to day, it was head-down work weeks. Long hours in Парк дружбы народов (Парк дружбы народаў). The name beside mine most often: Joanna K..
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May
82 check-ins
Minsk set the pace from the first day to the last. Allied Testing was practically a second address — 22 visits. There was time for outdoor stretches at Сквер на ул. Ленина, and for wandering through National Art Museum (Национальный художественный музей / National Art Museum). Joanna K. drifts in and out of the entries.
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June
59 check-ins
June ran on Minsk time. Office days running into each other, mostly. The standout: walks in Gorky Park (Дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага).
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July
221 check-ins
The map hardly sat still: Minsk, Kyiv and Odesa — three cities in a single month. Allied Testing, again and again — 19 times this month. Long hours in Лепельское Озеро · Lyepyel — plus a stop at Лев Сапега · Lyepyel. Two separate departures — Lepel lakes 🚌, then Escaping to Moldova 🚂. The 30th alone stacked up 35 stops.
Вот чёрт. Это ж надо, чтобы именно втб не работал с мастеркардом.
— Банк ВТБ · Minsk
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August
114 check-ins
A Chișinău month, wall to wall. The rhythm underneath: weekend errands. There was time for outdoor stretches at Scuarul „Franz de Wollant” · Tiraspol, and for walks past Tighina Fortress (Cetatea Tighina) · Bender. The 6th alone stacked up 18 stops.
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September
221 check-ins
Minsk set the pace from the first day to the last. The log keeps circling back to Allied Testing: 16 check-ins. The standouts: walks in Сквер на Соборній площі · Chernivtsi; also a slow visit to City Gates (Porțile Orașului) · Chișinău. The Mogilev - the first visit 🚂 trip departed late in the month. The 30th alone stacked up 32 stops.
Как в старые добрые.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău
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October
136 check-ins
October ran on Minsk time. Day to day, it was head-down work weeks. Mogilev - the first visit 🚂 wound down in the month's first days. The name beside mine most often: Tata M.
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November
99 check-ins
Minsk held the month together. Allied Testing was practically a second address — 22 visits. Tata M drifts in and out of the entries.
Уже оставляют персональное филе:)
— Столовая Белмедпрепараты · Minsk
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December
81 check-ins
A Minsk month, wall to wall. Office days running into each other, mostly. The standout: walks in Полянка. Tata M shows up more than anyone else.
Anchors
The places that kept showing up
Some venues become rituals. Some cities pull you back without trying. Here's the gravity of 2017.
Top venues
#1Allied Testing153×
#2Столовая Белмедпрепараты83×
#3Суперпрод79×
#4Лермонтова 4336×
#5Златка30×
#6Станция метро «Институт культуры»27×
#7New Office Gym21×
#8Троллейбус №2318×
Top cities
#1Minsk916×
#2Chișinău117×
#3Odesa34×
#4Mogilev29×
#5Kyiv27×
#6Chernivtsi26×
#7Lviv16×
#8Vitebsk15×
Top categories
#1Office169×
#2Cafeteria87×
#3Department Store85×
#4Metro Station73×
#5Home (private)58×
#6Bus Line51×
#7Supermarket49×
#8Road46×
Journeys
4 trips this year
Departures and returns — tap any card to enter the trip in full.
One day in Vitebsk 🚗
2017-03-25 → 2017-03-26 · 2 days · 18 check-ins
Belarus
Lepel lakes 🚌
2017-07-22 → 2017-07-23 · 2 days · 14 check-ins
Belarus
Escaping to Moldova 🚂
2017-07-28 → 2017-09-09 · 44 days · 251 check-ins
Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus
Mogilev - the first visit 🚂
2017-09-30 → 2017-10-01 · 2 days · 36 check-ins
Belarus
Memory
11 frames kept
The pictures you held onto. Tap to open any one full-screen.
Бильярдный клуб «Классик» · Minsk
Фестиваль Белый Кролик · Astrashytski Haradok
остров Любви · Ratamka
Fountain near Opera House (Фонтан біля Опери) · Lviv
Вулиця Ольги Кобилянської · Chernivtsi
Вулиця 29 Березня · Chernivtsi
Церква Найсвятішого Серця Ісуса · Chernivtsi
Сквер на Соборній площі · Chernivtsi
Stadionul Zimbru · Chișinău
Draft · Chișinău
Drugoe Mesto · Chișinău
Words
2017 in your own voice
A handful of the year's longest shouts — fragments you wrote as you stood there.
Вот чёрт. Это ж надо, чтобы именно втб не работал с мастеркардом.
— Банк ВТБ · Minsk · Belarus
Уже оставляют персональное филе:)
— Столовая Белмедпрепараты · Minsk · Belarus
Как в старые добрые.
— Gara de Nord · Chișinău · Moldova
Eta joska.
— Autobuzul nr. 19 · Chișinău · Moldova
Ееее роцк
— Minsk (Мінск) · Minsk · Belarus
With you
In good company
The names that showed up most often beside yours through 2017.
#1Joanna K.30×
#2Tata M25×
The year in sound
19,882 scrobbles across 2017
The private radio behind the check-ins. London Grammar led the rotation. Every track logged to Last.fm.
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