Graffiti meaning. What do the inscriptions on the houses mean?

If you think that the inscriptions on the walls and fences tell about all sorts of obscenities, then you simply did not look closely at the St. Petersburg and Moscow courtyards. Here Brodsky, Tolstoy, Blok and witty thoughts are diligently drawn with a marker. Sonya Danilina collects photos of such inscriptions on her Instagram. A selection of the most interesting - in our material

Sonya Danilina

aspiring photographer, student

The words of the great

I found both inscriptions on the wall near a bookstore in St. Petersburg. The first, most likely, was made by the store owners themselves. The second is hiding in the yards.

Leo Tolstoy "Confession". Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com
Immortal Brodsky. Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com

The first picture was taken in Khokhlovsky Lane near Kitai-Gorod metro station. A small staircase straight from the alley leads to a narrow passage between two houses, where the walls are mostly covered with poems and quotes from various authors. Surprisingly, you will not find a single obscene word on the walls. The inscriptions are periodically painted over, but new ones appear in their place.

An excerpt from Blok is on the wall at the entrance to the Pushkinskaya 10 art center. There, the entire entrance is littered with anonymous messages, lines from poetry and quotes.

Alexander Vvedensky "I'm sorry that I'm not a beast". Moscow. Photo: instagram.com
Alexander Blok "Poets". Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com

I found two Brodskys in different cities. The first is the St. Petersburg courtyard at 61 Liteiny. All the walls are covered in inscriptions and graffiti, they look quite colorful. The second - Moscow, Khokhlovsky lane. I like it when the graffiti on the walls makes sense.

Joseph Brodsky "Don't leave the room, don't make a mistake." Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com
Joseph Brodsky "The End of a Beautiful Era". Moscow. Photo: instagram.com

Lyrics from songs

An excerpt from the song "The sky is floating, the sun is at its zenith" by the group "Zarisovka". Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com
An excerpt from the song "Be" by the group "You agree." Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com

Calls for revolution

Quote from Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier. Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com
Painful, apparently. Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com

Rhetorical questions

I have a strong association with the second photo. A line from Tsoi's song immediately comes to mind: "Hey, who will sing if everyone is sleeping?".

And will you paint it? Moscow. Milyutinsky lane. Photo: instagram.com
Hey, are you sleeping? Petersburg. Photo: instagram.com

Logical reasoning

It's good that I was born 18 years ago, and not some bastard. Moscow. Photo:

These are the drawings of a clearly technical nature that can be found on houses, poles and other real estate)))

But what do the diagrams on the walls mean?

Let's start with the fact that they differ in color - this is the first thing you pay attention to.

White plaques on the walls

They say that somewhere nearby you will find a sewer hatch, and maybe a water pipe. The numbers next to the “T” symbol will tell you its exact location.

That is, the sign means that if you go 5.5 meters straight from it, and then step half a meter to the right, you will see this

By the way, the letters are also written not by chance. On some, the plate (white) may be K - sewerage, D - rain storm water, B - water supply or HFC - a romantic household fecal well. According to the rules, the hatch must have the same letter as on the plate. But in the case of whites, our public utilities often do not particularly observe this rule and put those hatches that are. So the plate indicates the real purpose of what is hidden under the hatch, which you found for some reason.

Green plates

They mean the presence of an underground gas pipeline nearby. Here the distance is already indicated in millimeters.
Let us dwell in more detail on the information that can be obtained from the above example. So, we already understand that one meter (100 cm) from the wall and 200 centimeters to the right we will find a hatch.

Under it is a valve (letter “Z” on the plate) with a diameter of 200 millimeters (number 200 to the right of the letter Z).

There may be other letter designations on gas plates: KSh - ball valve, DG - house water seal, P - steamer and others. Employees of gas services or Wikipedia will tell you more about them -)

What do the red labels mean?

As a rule, this is a PG fire hydrant. But not always. What does this graffiti mean?

We do not know. Can you enlighten?

November 7, 2010, 20:33

Recently, among the vast library in the country, I accidentally found the book "Forgotten Heroes Speak". I wanted to skip it, but I started reading it and couldn't stop. I was always proud of the fact that I almost did not cry, and then I sobbed almost the entire evening. The book consists of suicide letters, notes and inscriptions on the walls of prisons of Soviet soldiers during World War II. I present to your attention only the inscriptions on the walls and small stories about the people who wrote it. Inscription A. Belyakova on the cell wall. I will endure all inhuman torture. I swear to you by my Komsomol word, my dear comrades. I will remain silent until the end. Be silent too. The great work we have begun will be completed by our comrades. After excruciating torture and torture on March 28, 1942, A. Teleshov, V. Novozhenov and A. Belyakov were publicly hanged by the Nazis in the city of Rzhev, and the rest of the underground were shot. The graffiti on the walls Adzhimushkay quarries Death, but not captivity! Long live the Red Army! We stand, comrades! Better death than captivity. 22-VI-42. Exactly 1 year of war... German fascists attacked our Motherland. Damn the fascists! Farewell! Over the quarries, day and night, shots rumbled, grenades and mines exploded, then powerful explosions of aerial bombs roared, with which the Nazis wanted to open the central underground trenches. Having covered all the exits from the quarries with stones and earth from explosions, the Nazis brought pipes from compressed gas cylinders to the cracks. Grenades were thrown down through the drilled holes. And those who tried to get upstairs were smashed from machine guns and machine guns. The first gas attack was carried out on the night of May 25th. It was followed by others - for several days at intervals of 3-5 hours. At least 10 thousand people died from gases and collapses. Some of the unconscious people fell into the hands of the Nazis. Underground inscription V. G. Krivopustenko in the Gestapo prison in Novocherkassk I slept on this bed from 24/IX-42. On 26/IX I was under interrogation. The decision was not announced, but in support of the accusations they confronted me with an unknown person Alexei Yuokhanov. He gave false testimony and, in addition, rushed to beat me, although he does not know me for sure. In general - a scoundrel, a provocateur. Judging by the attitude during the interrogation and addiction, I will be shot. Farewell. I'll die honestly. I did no harm to anyone. 26/IX. V. Krivopustenko. POW inscriptions sailors - Black Sea on the walls of a prison barracks in the city of Chistyakovo, Donetsk region. Brothers! Chernomorians dear! Do not think that I was captured healthy. I was seriously injured, but they healed, bastards, to use as a worker. I'm not going. Today they beat me, repulsed everything to the spleen, goodbye. Yours, Mikhail L. Today I will not be, but you, the Black Sea sailors, will remain. For me, brothers, send a few bullets - let them remember that we do not give up, that I am not, but you are. Your Nikolay G. Farewell to everyone who was dear to me, and the sea, the Black Sea, at least see you once. P. T. Chernomorets will die, but with a song. Yuri. Brother Kolka, dear Baltic! Remember me, take care of your mother. Your brother Oleg. A group of sailors from the Black Sea, taken prisoner by the Nazis after the fall of Odessa and Sevastopol, was imprisoned in one of the barracks of the POW camp in the city of Chistyakovo, Donetsk region. According to eyewitnesses, the Nazis tortured sailors especially cruelly. A prisoner of war tanker wrote in a note hidden in the stove of one of the barracks: “... they were tortured, tormented, pierced with red-hot iron, twisted their hands, and they sang songs and told us: look, friends, if anyone manages to escape from here, do not forget to tell there, in the wild, that a sailor is steel and no force will bend us. For the Motherland! For native Ukraine! Sailors uttered these words during torture. And they were tortured in front of all the prisoners of war, so that others would not think to resist. Then we learned that the sailors strangled two German sentries, but they did not have to run away. Inscriptions on the walls of prison cells of members of the Krasnodon underground organization "Young guard". Taken Tukov V. S. 2943. 6. 1. Bondareva, Minaeva, Gromova, Samoshina. Those who died at the hands of the Nazis on January 15, 43 at 9 am. Death to the German invaders! Farewell, dad, Farewell, mother, Farewell, all my relatives. Farewell, my beloved brother Elya, You will not see me again. I dream of your motors in my dreams, Your camp is always in my eyes. My beloved brother, I am dying, Stand strong for your Motherland. Goodbye. With regards, Gromova Ulya. January 15, 1943 February 7, 1943 Mom, I just remembered you. Your Lyubasha. Please forgive me. Taken forever. Shevtsov. Not later than February 9, 1943. Farewell, mother, your daughter Lyubka is leaving for the damp earth. wall inscription A. I. Nesterenko in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region February 13, 1943 There were 21 of us. We fought to the death. We die, but we don't give up! This short inscription was made on the wall of one of the buildings of the tannery in Pavlograd, a city in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The mortally wounded captain A.I. Nesterenko brought her out with blood. Inscription M. rodent on the wall of the prison cell I, Komsomol member Marina Gryzun, was killed by the Germans on July 28, 1943. Friends and comrades, avenge me, for all who died at the hands of the Germans! Marina Gryzun lived in the village of Mikhailovka, Boguslavsky district, Kyiv region, on the collective farm named after Lenin. During the Nazi occupation, she sheltered three Red Army soldiers who remained behind enemy lines and treated them. In July 1943, Marina was arrested and imprisoned in a Gestapo cell in Bohuslav. She was severely tortured. The reprisal against her was committed on July 28, 1943. Above are the words written in blood on the wall of the prison cell. Scout's Inscription Z. G. Kruglova I used to love freedom, freedom, space, so it is very difficult for me to get used to captivity. And the name Zoya, translated from Greek, is life. Oh, how you want to live, live... Zoya Baiger (Kruglova). Inscription of the underground worker P. Savelieva on the wall of a prison cell in Lutsk A black, terrible minute is approaching! The whole body is mutilated - no arms, no legs ... But I die in silence. It's scary to die at 22. How I wanted to live! In the name of the life of people who will come after us, in the name of you, Motherland, we are leaving ... Bloom, be beautiful, dear, and goodbye. Your Pasha. On December 22, 1943, late in the evening, the Gestapo arrested Pasha Savelyeva. After terrible torture and torment, in January 1944, the Nazis burned a patriot in the courtyard of a medieval Catholic monastery, turned by the Nazis into a bloody dungeon. An hour before the execution, hoping for an escape, she managed to pass a note to the next cell: “If they take them out together, we must try to escape. Take heart!” But they couldn't escape. The above inscription in cell No. 14 was scratched with a nail in the last minutes before the execution. Wall inscriptions in the cells of the city's Gestapo prisons Tiraspol 1943-7. VIII. Were shot, whoever comes here - tell us that 6 people shot us. 1. Bridegroom Moshev. 2. Gonchin K. 3. EfremovV. 4. Andreev V. 5. Gonchin Varvara. 6. Yurko. October 14, 1943 at 9 a.m. In the evening, the partisan Popik Demyan was taken out of cell No. 46 for execution. 2.XII. 1943, 18 Zhmerinsky partisans from the 38th cell were machine-gunned. Kozlov Alexander Ivanovich - Soviet parachutist, descended in the Brailov area, arrested on 20X11. 43 Sverdlovsk region, Karpinsky district, Petropavlovsk mountain village. Kozlov Alexander died a heroic death on November 7, 1944. Glory to him, eternal glory! In the hearts of patriots and honest people, He will not die, but will live forever. The motherland will not forget such people. On November 7, 1944, Kozlov and Tkachun died heroically during the raid. Brothers, avenge our blood, the blood of Alexander Kozlov, a paratrooper. Take revenge on the Nazis. Run mercilessly. We know that ours will come. Read what is written here. Consider Vasya Buzhenko dead, Odessa region, Ananiev, Proletarskaya, 10. Farewell, mom, dad and brother Kolechka. Your son Vasya Buzhenko. Kiss everyone. 3 Apr. 1944. Here 117 people died in a cell. There are about 200 of us in one cell now. All to be shot. 3.IV.44 Fascist barbarians shot 1000 people in Tiraspol. Do not despair, victory will be on our side, because we are more resilient. Let the hope of victory be your guiding star in dark moments. Don't lose hope. The whole world is fighting for justice, for our lives. We will win because we are led by the CPSU(b). And even in this stench, do not lose heart. Victory is with us. 29.111.1944 Wall inscriptions in the Gestapo prisons of the city Tallinn IN CELL 5 Farewell, all comrades. See you no more. Kornev Petr. IN CELL No. 7 Long live the ESSR. Death for death. Boychenko E. 2/5-42 Proletarians of all countries, unite! Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours! IN CELL No. 11 Vasily Grigoryevich Bregvadze, a Georgian, was sentenced to death on July 27-43. IN CELL 17 Farewell, friends. Klimov Afanasy Nikiforovich, 1915, sentenced to death on December 10, 1943, prisoner. Verse: The blue sky turns purple There, on the eastern side, Where the Russian people, fighting with the enemy ... How many feats and heroism He performs in battle, How many brave warriors With orders on their chests ... IN CELL No. 19 Here sat Lositsky Vladimir Nikitich, 1910, Oryol region, Starodubsky district, Yatskovichsky s / s, village. Golibisov. Sentenced to death in 1943. X. 27. Please inform my relatives at the address given to Alexander Nikitich Lositsky. Farewell, dear friends and Motherland. Farewell, my children, they are taking me to be shot. Goodbye forever To goodbye friends! Native - Oryol region, Klimovsky district, the village of Lakomaya Buda. Tyutyunik Afanasy Nikiforovich, 25.X. 1915 In the Red Army since 1938. Accused by the Germans for the destruction of their armed forces. Prisoners are being shot with me: Vasevsky, Ovchinnikov. Tell mountains. Pskov, Cross 87. Smirnova Ekaterina. Notify my relatives. 14.XII 43 This book is in