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«Левый… левый… левый, правый, левый»

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    They are near an electric tramway (that narrows it down a little!).

    The grin on the fellow at the back !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848 – January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field commander subsequently. Historians often hold him responsible for major Russian defeats in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905, most notably at the Battle of Mukden (1905) and at the Battle of Liaoyang (August-September 1904)."

    via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Kuropatkin

    So photo is likely between 1898 and 1904 ?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "In 1898, Kuropatkin was recalled to St. Petersburg and appointed War Minister. His first priority was of improving the command structure of the army, as well as the living conditions of its officers. His reforms included measures to rejuvenate the army by setting age limits for line officers and candidates for higher office, and by increasing the period of secondment of officers from the General Staff to combat units. He attempted to improve the quality of officers by raising the two-year cadet training program to three years, and by opening seven new cadet schools. He also increased the frequency of training maneuvers. ..."

    From wiki above - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Kuropatkin#Minister_of_War
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia An interesting man!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Could be the Life Guards Uniform?

A busy spot

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The home of the Gnomes

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    "RAIFFEISEN SPARKASSE" (savings bank) written middle top. Must be Switzerland. Or Austria. Or Germany. Here is Herr Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (30 March 1818 – 11 March 1888), who pioneered rural crediti unions -
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Raiffeisen
    "... Raiffeisen stated that there is a connection between poverty and dependency. To fight poverty one should fight dependency first. Based on this idea he came up with the three 'S' formula: self-help, self-governance, and self-responsibility (in the original German: Selbsthilfe, Selbstverwaltung, and Selbstverantwortung). When put into practice, the necessary independence from charity, politics, and loan sharks could be established ..."
  • Aileen Kane said:
    beachcomber australia It’s cool to see this bank represented in Ireland. I used their Bankomat when I lived in Sarajevo.
  • Aileen Kane said:
    Aileen Kane My mistake! I thought it was in Ireland. I was wrong.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Aileen Kane Do you know where this building is? I keep coming up against, er, um, brick walls! Someone will know ...
  • derangedlemur said:
    They're all over central Europe - it could be anywhere.
    probably Switzerland from the title, though.