Kymi Pictures

Month: January 2022

  • The Soviet R-1 Missile and its Variants

    The R-1 missile was the first large rocket that was made in the Soviet Union. It was basically a copy of the German V-2 missile but made with parts that were built in the Soviet Union. The original V-2 missile was not useful as a weapon, since it was very inaccurate and was too expensive…

  • The Imperial Fishing House of Alexander III

    The imperial fishing house of the Russian emperor Alexander III is located on the Kymi river at Langinkoski. Today I walked past it and took some pictures from there. This is the imperial fishing house. There were some other buildings near the fishing house. An orthodox chapel and a staff or guard house.

  • Statues and Buildings in the parks of Kotkansaari + Lenin

    Today I went to the Kotkansaari island in Kotka. I went to all of the parks on the island to take some pictures. The parks did not look good during winter since all the plants were dead, so I decided to just photograph the different statues and buildings in the parks that looked nice. I…