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UER Forum > UE Photography > Village blues (Viewed 1885 times)
telefontubbie 


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Village blues
< on 6/16/2016 9:57 AM >
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Few days ago i went to check some abandoned schools in some villages. In total i found 4 closed/abandoned schools but only one was surely accessible. Yeah,i found an entrance to another one but i saw there god-knows-when installed sensors on facade.

This school was abandoned in 2009. It was very well preserved until 2015 when there was "big cleanup" - all the books/posters/animals in formaldehyde/computers were put away as trash in a container. There's a big beautiful catholic church next to school. Some sources on internet says sometimes priests and other big religious figures often visited school and lectured. Rumors are about, that in next 3 - 5 years school that lies in next village, will be closed, too. So it means that in a large area there won't be any school, kids have to go city school which is ~20 to 30 km away.

this is how it looks now:

satiksmes drošība


sh*t bricks

schreibmaschine

lillā solu sērga

teachers love teatime


krāsiņgaitenis


6 years later..

māksla?

Tārpelis

life is tough na na naa na na

Latvian alphabet

smukstikls

algebra

zivstācija

nomaldījies globuss

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abandoned grocery store, closed around 2002

rijambodīte


abandoned shop

veikals4


Mmm,cherry coke so cheap


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abandoned cannery , closed around 2009
Cannery was built in Soviet times as a part of kolkhoz and continued production after 1991. It produced juices and other drinks. There were huge containers for liquid storage in 2009, but all the metal parts were scrapped during economical crisis and factory was shut down.

cannery

industrija


lampas

sulas pakas eksportam


Village nearby, which is called 'Uzvara'(victory) looks strange, there were lots of decorative pools which are now owergrown with weeds. Also there are some abandoned buildings.
Uzvara,Bauskas nov.


During Soviet times, Uzvara was a rich kolkhoz village and they had big future plans. Kolkhoz built huge high school in 1989 but nowadays only 1/3 of school building is used. It also started to build hydro-power plant which was never completed because of collapse of Soviet Union. Nowadays fishermen enjoys that place because it's a quiet spot.

Nepabeigtais HES





Granuaile 


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Re: Village blues
< Reply # 1 on 6/16/2016 12:53 PM >
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I love the colors in these schools. Looking forward to more of your sets. =)




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becckeez 


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trippin.

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Re: Village blues
< Reply # 2 on 7/23/2017 9:12 PM >
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Great set of photos and finds!

Love that fold out chalkboard.




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Re: Village blues
< Reply # 3 on 7/30/2017 2:48 AM >
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Posted by Granuaile
I love the colors in these schools. Looking forward to more of your sets. =)


Agreed.

Really love those bright pink/purple desks.

'smukstikls' is awesome as well.




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Re: Village blues
< Reply # 4 on 8/26/2017 5:26 PM >
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As always, I really get a kick out of how this site makes it possible to participate in exploration from all over the world. Krāsiņgaitenis is my fav.





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Re: Village blues
< Reply # 5 on 9/13/2017 3:23 AM >
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It's amazing how untouched this place is, It's really something you don't get to see very often!



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