User talk:Andrew Bronx

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Virtustan

For the record, we don't have entries on micronations unless they have real physical territory or some substantial real-world influence. DS 12:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Karaganda

Did you really mean to say that the "stary gorod" in Karaganda is developed and growing? I thought there was nothing there. And why remove the Solzhenitsyn bit? Staecker 18:10, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I did, I live here :) Or may be you mean Prishakhtinsk or a private sector of the old city, which are most close to coal mines in between? Anyway, there is a kind of "construction boom" here... I couldn't invent how to place the Solzhenitsyn in the edited piece, and I think it should be in a separate paragraph instead of a casual mentioning. Bronx 11:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Btw, exactly the old theater (Concert Hall) and the old fire station doesn't exist now: the Concert Hall is disassembled and its wooden facade now exposed in the Ethnic Park at SouthEast, a square is under reconstruction now; the fire station building is reconstructed and now there is a "Halyk" marketplace in it. Bronx 11:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

UPD: I was wrong about the "Old Town" - indeed, on maps it is only an area (mostly industrial) between Prishakhtinsk and a New Town, though at these days many people call the center of the New Town as an "old town" (due to its old-style buildings). I reverted this part, but existence of the theater and firestation is still questionable. I'll try to claryfy it. Bronx 18:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for looking into this, Andrei- I lived in Karaganda three years ago, and was told there was nothing in the "old town" area. I know it's developing quickly, but I didn't think it was that quick. I can't really say either way about Solzhenitsyn. I know he discussed Karaganda in his books, but I don't know the exact reference. Hope life in the big K-town is still good- Staecker 18:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)