Talk:Marshrutka

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Kind of weird, I think it should begin with PAZ picture. And I thought PAZ is still the backbone of this transport, because Gazelle is low-capacity and usually the ride is triple the cost –Gnomz007(?) 02:46, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

I replaced the image with the one of PAZ, but someone living in Russia should really just take a picture of a real thing. The PAZ picture is not even good enough for the pre-1992 section, because PAZ, even being crampy, crappy, and small, is technically still a real bus, not a mini-cab. Plus, the picture has unverified status.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 12:20, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

What kind of minibuses are these monstrosities (I assume the ones in the Kiev and St. Petersburg pictures are the same model)? I've never seen one quite like these before. Just curious.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 00:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry, have not looked. It seems like in SPb they are presently the only one in existence abakharev 01:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] City legends

What about suicidal caucasian "Gazellist" without driving license and "40 minutes of horror and you're at home"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.186.150.252 (talk) 14:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] A few changes

I took away the verifiable notice because this article is not encyclopedic. It relates the experiences of travellers in former Soviet Bloc countries and provides other travellers with an understanding of a public transport system that is not found in English-speaking countries.

Clarified the GAZelle photo since it is only typical in Russia. I have firsthand experience seeing and travelling on marshrutki in Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg and Satka (CHEL), as well as in Ukraine (Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, Simferopol, Feodosia).

Wavetossed (talk) 21:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Just because the article in its current form is based on "experiences of travellers" is not an excuse not to request references. I restored the "unreferenced" note. As for the image caption, I had to remove "Russian" from it because that particular image was taken in Ukraine (I should know, I am the photographer). If you look closer, you'll see that the sign is in Ukrainian and that the license plate is Ukrainian as well.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)