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Where is this: a vintage black-and-white photo of a high-speed passenger boat cutting through

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Where is this: a vintage black-and-white photo of a high-speed passenger boat cutting through
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Date 1970s
Place
Russia Saint Petersburg 59.9448990, 30.3051010, 95° It's Strelka Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova part, and Hermitage and the second plan

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Location
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Country Russia
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Place Saint Petersburg
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Exact spot 59.9448990, 30.3051010, 95°
  • Iurii 59.94490, 30.30510 clue on photo
    It's Strelka Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova part, and Hermitage and the second plan
Date
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Decade range 1960s-1980s
  • az 1960s-1980s clue on photo
    All of the Meteor boats with two digits were in service from 60s to 80s, can't see the exact number on this one, probably ends in 2 or 8. According to search for Leningrad in www.spkfleet.ru should be 28 38 or 92. Most likely 38 but specific number doesn't affect dating much anyway.
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One decade 1970s
  • az 1970s
    Early 70s considering the general lack of cars and ZAZ 968 + a possible VAZ 2104 in the other photo on this film. Also one of them shows a Meteor-65, which started operation in 1968 so 70s are most likely.