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This plaque supposedly marks the origin of the Russian road system but, as I explained in Minsk, I d...
This plaque supposedly marks the origin of the Russian road system but, as I explained in Minsk, I don't see how. There seems to be a tradition of people standing on it and throwing coins over their shoulder. I don't know if that tradition was instigated by the man who is picking them up afterwards.


UTC Time: 11:12, Monday 12 September 2011
Local Time: 15:12, Monday 12 September 2011
Estimate of longitude: 37° 37' 3.83" E = 37.617730°
Estimate of latitude: 55° 45' 21.67" N = 55.756020°
Possible error on position estimate: 100 metres