"God Save Russia" - The Heartfelt Cry Carved Into the Russian Earth Can Be Seen From Space
"God save Russia". Such a heartfelt cry appeared on one of the Moscow Region's fields. It's only visible from space. The inscription was first seen on the satellite maps. The exact coordinates point to the Mitino district.
Such giant massages are often used to declare a problem. They are most often addressed to the President. For example, such an address to Vladimir Putin appeared on a building near St. Petersburg. It was discovered today.
Former Krasnoyarsk mayor, Pyotr Peshmakov, has a more global approach. There's an apple tree garden with the shape of his name.
A marriage proposal to some Katya was dug with a shovel. The question "Will you marry me?" can be seen in the Moscow Region's Marfino. Katya didn't say yes.
Artyom Kol will tell who leaves messages to God in Mitino and, most importantly, what for.
Through a snowy field and two-meter-high cow parsnip. That's how Andrei Finachenko and his youngest son walk two kilometers one way every day to check on their creation.
Andrei Finachenko: "I made the inscription there. Letter "R" in the word "Russia" is where that small birch is. The rest of the words are up there".
These almost half-meter-deep mysterious ditches cover almost the whole field. It's only at first that it seems to be some mysterious labyrinths. or some trenches made by unknown soldiers. But the secret comes to the light if we go up a little. For example, to space.
It was thanks to space that what the Mitino district resident had done became known. This satellite photo was published in 2016. It was back then that this man dug out this over 150-meter-wide inscription.
Andrei Finachenko: "Each letter took me... For example, look at this big one. It took me around two hours to make such a big letter. And the rest... It took me one week and a half to make each word".
Approximately eight-meter-long and five-meter-high. Letters in three Andrei Finachenko's words have such dimensions. He decided to express his protest in such an unusual way.
Andrei Finachenko: "Not many people know that the buildings were constructed in a specially protected area, the Skhodnya river valley in Mitino. That's how the wildlife sanctuary was to be called. But, unfortunately, all this natural area was assigned for building construction. There were some unique plants on this territory. The carex juncella makes hills like this high. They looked like domes. It was amazing to enter that area, it looked like some jungle. Unfortunately, it was destroyed".
But the construction company representatives were very surprised to hear that there were unique plants on the territory where the micro-district is.
Alexander Kozlov, Razvitiye company representative: "It's impossible to build anything in a nature protection area. That is, it's illegal. As you know, all new construction areas with new neighborhoods used to be a field, a forest, some unbuilt area. To get a permit to build a single building or a housing complex, one must go through public hearings, several adjustment procedures, do land division and document it properly."
All the documents were published by the company before the construction on its webpage, There, they described in detail all the stages as well as means of construction of the 24-storey buildings.
But Andrei Finachenko feels sorry for the fact that the high-rising buildings are built very near his favorite spring which dried out after the underground utility system of the residential complex was laid.
Artyom Kol, Alexei Tabunkov for Vesti