Chita

in Russia

The sights of Chita started from the footbridge of the railway station, which offered views of the city's new cathedral. Relatively small compared to a lot of the other places I visited in Russia, Chita more than anywhere else I've been had the "random place stuck out in Siberia" feel. There were plenty of ugly bits, but some beautiful bits too, especially the wooden church. And if there's anything that can be said of the locals here, it's that they sure know how to party: all the restaurants I ate in had live music and people happily dancing to it.

Photos

The Lenin statue	Lenin Square	Feeding the birds on Lenin Square
Random tank at an intersection	One of the nice, century-old buildings	Lenin Square
The building housing the military museum	Theater	Mural on the wall above a shop
The new cathedral	The new cathedral	The new cathedral
The new cathedral	Another square in the city center	The new cathedral
The new cathedral	The new cathedral	The new cathedral
One of the remaining wooden buildings	Archangel Michael wooden church	Archangel Michael wooden church
Archangel Michael wooden church	Archangel Michael wooden church	Archangel Michael wooden church
Archangel Michael wooden church	Old building near the wooden church	Another, less pretty, church
Mosque	Mosque	Mosque
Lenin Square	Lenin Square	Lenin Statue
Chita station	Chita station	The Ingoda river
The Ingoda river	Chita station	The new cathedral, from the station footbridge