Russian Slava Fridge Watch CCCP, on a map of Moscow Russia. A product of Moscow number one watch factory

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2JC75W0File size:
66.1 MB (3.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5916 x 3904 px | 50.1 x 33.1 cm | 19.7 x 13 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
7 April 2022Location:
Moscow, RussiaMore information:
. This authentic period view of Moscow, Russia in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is Russian Slava Fridge Watch CCCP, on a map of Moscow Russia. A product of Moscow number one watch factory. A broader reading of the photograph includes local character, engineering history, local landmark, heritage landmark, visual archive, historical comparison, period building, labour history, local history, architectural detailing, industrial transport, former production site, everyday life, and historic streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, brownfield redevelopment and industrial conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. The wider contemporary story combines planning control, adaptive reuse and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Future viewers can use this scene from Moscow, Russia to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, documentary photography, built heritage, community identity, period streetscape, archival record, conservation interest, and manufacturing landscape. The recorded references to Fridge, Watch, product, Moscow, and number preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Moscow, Russia may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of brownfield redevelopment and recording the industries and transport systems that shaped British towns as part of the longer story of Moscow, Russia. The view records period character as part of Moscow, Russia's history.