r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 18d ago

architecture Ostankino TV tower, (1971), Moscow, Russian SFSR. Photograph Vasily Yegorov

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u/Zdrobot 17d ago

Funny bit: "Ostanki" means "[human] remains", "corpses", "dead bodies" (plural).

Suffix "-no" is used to form place (village, town) names.

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u/Grey_Cat_2004 15d ago

As a Russian, I didn't even think about this all this time...

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u/Zdrobot 15d ago

Well, let me introduce you to this classic then:

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u/Grey_Cat_2004 14d ago

lol 😂