Бегущий Город Уфа 2015

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The tender (wagon) — wagon special design, coupled directly to the engine and serves to accommodate fuel and water.

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Dyoma (Bashkir: Дим, Күгиҙел) is a river in the Orenburg Oblast and the Republic Bashkortostan, Russia. It is a left-bank tributary of the Belaya River (basin of the Kama River).
According to the assumption of Kamalov A.A., the origin of the river’s name lies in the Bashkir word Dim, which means whirlpool, or deep waters. The other name, Kyk-idel (Bashkir: Күгиҙел) can be literally translated as “blue (sky) river”. It is a hydronym of a rare frequency, which consists of two parts – name of some color combined with the word “river” itself. There are some examples of such names in Povolzhsky region, such as Agidel – white river and Karaidel – black river.
Dyoma district is located on Dyoma River Creek (this is where the origin of the district name roots), on the left bank of the Belaya River. It is a residential area in the south of Ufa, which became a part of the city in the 1944. It was founded with the same name in 1887 and originally functioned as a crossing loop on the railroad Samara-Ufa-Zlatoust-Chelyabinsk. Back then, there were only three railroad acceptance lines and a treating plant nearby. In 1930s, the station started developing, and in the 1940s, its economical and logistical roles increased even more. Dyoma remains a railroad district, where the largest railway hub is located, including the Dyoma railway station itself, and two – engine and car – houses.

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In 1935, local authorities came up with an idea to arrange a recreational park in the Dyoma district, but due to the lack of financing, the construction started only in 1949. The opening ceremony was held in 1950. At first, according to the concept, the park was a public garden with alleys, flowerbeds and cinema theatre, which was open-air at the beginning and became roofed after 1953. The park also had a dance floor, which began functioning in 1954; shooting gallery, sculptures, reading and chess rooms, skating rink – they all opened in between 50s and 60s. Today there are about 15 different amusement rides in the park, kids playroom and billiard room. The park is one of the favorite areas for popular festive events. New Year Eve, Victory Day, City Day and Russia Day – they all take place here.

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Two stories of one monument Seven Girls:
1. “The people keep in their memory an old legend about seven Bashkir girls. They were said to be very beautiful and nobody could tell one from another, they were alike in faces, and stature and manners. And among their friends they were the best at work, singing and dancing. Once their home was attacked by enemies. All men were killed, the most beautiful girls were captured and taken away. Among them there were the seven sisters. They were guarded vigilantly day and night. To prevent them from running away their soles were cut open, and chaffed horsehair was put inside. The soles would heal. The girls would be able to walk slowly but it would be impossible for the prisoners to escape because of the severe pain. But the sovereign beauties could not live with captivity! In the dead of a night they ran away in the Bashkir steppe. The enemies found out about the escape and rode their horses to chase after the girls. They almost caught them... But the rebellious girls joined hands with one another and in despair entered into a lake. They disappeared in the deep of the lake but they remained free forever! And on the instant there flashed seven bright stars in the night sky “Etegyan Yondoz” (“Ursa Major”).
2. “Once upon a time there lived a man. He had seven daughters, brave and beautiful girls. They kept together all the time and everywhere. Nobody was indifferent to them, everybody was amazed by their beauty. Once while walking along the slope of a mountain the girls met the king of divs (evil creature, shaitan). Without a moment’s hesitation they made for the top of the mountain. The div followed them. It seemed he would catch them any minute. But the girls made a desperate jump upwards and rose to the sky. To keep together they stood close to each other. Thus, the girls started to shine as seven stars. Since that time they have been called “Etegyan Yondoz” that means Ursa Major.
Our time: The height of each figure is 2.20 m. The dancing girls are quite heavy, each of them weighs 600–700 kg of bronze casting. The material and the technology of casting are very expensive, the cost of making each girl is approximately 2-7 million rubles. All seven sculptures were created during 6 months, each took less than one month of work.
Three girls from the folk music ensemble “Miras” posed for the sculptor. The costumes for the girls were borrowed from the dancers of the folk dance ensemble named after F. Gaskarov who perform “Seven Girls” dance.
The fountain works daily in the following time schedule: four times a day there is music background and the big screen shows the dance “Seven Girls” performed by the folk dance ensemble named after F. Gaskarov as well as the footage of the nature of Bashkortostan. Music is switched on at 13:15, 19:00, 21:00 and 23:00. At 21:00 and 23:00 decorative illumination is also on and it colours the fountain in rainbow colours.
The musical performance lasts 32 minutes. It starts with the melody to the dance “Seven Girls” in the original version. One can also hear Bashkir folk music adapted by modern composers, melodies from modern Bashkir plays (e.g. “The Last from the Geines” by A. Idelbayev), music by Ural Idelbayev, Rim Khasanov and other Bashkir composers. The half-hour performance includes 6-7 melodies.