Jonny Tickle
@jonnytickle.bsky.social
Brit in Moscow since 2017. I post about life in Russia.
Big day for transport nerds: it’s the final day of the Moscow Monorail before it shuts down for good. I’ve ridden it before and it was completely empty, like a romantic ride where every couple gets their own pod. Today, the city’s come out to give it a send-off. Прощай, легенда!
June 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Big day for transport nerds: it’s the final day of the Moscow Monorail before it shuts down for good. I’ve ridden it before and it was completely empty, like a romantic ride where every couple gets their own pod. Today, the city’s come out to give it a send-off. Прощай, легенда!
the new SIM card law means that us foreigners have to go get our documents checked in government offices. the Moscow government has decided to stop foreigners using the offices in the centre of the city for certain services, so we're all being funnelled out to the suburbs. nice
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
the new SIM card law means that us foreigners have to go get our documents checked in government offices. the Moscow government has decided to stop foreigners using the offices in the centre of the city for certain services, so we're all being funnelled out to the suburbs. nice
ah shit, here we go again
May 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ah shit, here we go again
May holidays at the dacha only mean one thing: manual labour
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
May holidays at the dacha only mean one thing: manual labour
Crazy situation in my housing complex in Moscow that shows the downsides of smart tech.
The internet has been down for 24 hours. That would be fine, but the gates to the complex are internet activated, and the doors are opened with an app (or face), so nobody can get in! Madness
The internet has been down for 24 hours. That would be fine, but the gates to the complex are internet activated, and the doors are opened with an app (or face), so nobody can get in! Madness
March 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Crazy situation in my housing complex in Moscow that shows the downsides of smart tech.
The internet has been down for 24 hours. That would be fine, but the gates to the complex are internet activated, and the doors are opened with an app (or face), so nobody can get in! Madness
The internet has been down for 24 hours. That would be fine, but the gates to the complex are internet activated, and the doors are opened with an app (or face), so nobody can get in! Madness
Christmas Tree ➡️ Chinese New Year Tree ➡️ Maslenitsa Tree
February 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Christmas Tree ➡️ Chinese New Year Tree ➡️ Maslenitsa Tree
The items for sale are mostly the same—Soviet memorabilia, old random tat, Russian dolls, and things you’d never expect to find in Moscow (like a British police uniform). And, of course, some very modern t-shirts…
February 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The items for sale are mostly the same—Soviet memorabilia, old random tat, Russian dolls, and things you’d never expect to find in Moscow (like a British police uniform). And, of course, some very modern t-shirts…
Looks like COVID and then the war have been the death knell for Moscow’s Izmailovo Market. The last time I was here in 2019, every stall was open, and the place was full of foreign tourists.
February 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Looks like COVID and then the war have been the death knell for Moscow’s Izmailovo Market. The last time I was here in 2019, every stall was open, and the place was full of foreign tourists.
Chinese New Year in Moscow, with fake terracotta warriors
January 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Chinese New Year in Moscow, with fake terracotta warriors
Moscow is repurposing its Christmas trees for Chinese New Year by wrapping dragons and snakes around them
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Moscow is repurposing its Christmas trees for Chinese New Year by wrapping dragons and snakes around them
the perfect t-shirt to fit my very small niche
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
the perfect t-shirt to fit my very small niche
Party in Sokolniki
January 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Party in Sokolniki
Always an honour to be invited to the British Ambassador’s residence in Moscow
January 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Always an honour to be invited to the British Ambassador’s residence in Moscow
Moscow in the snow
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Moscow in the snow
Vvedenskoye Cemetery is an interesting visit for any Europeans living in Moscow. You’ll find a tonne of Germans and French, as well as handful of people from other nationalities - Polish, Swiss, Dutch, Irish
January 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Vvedenskoye Cemetery is an interesting visit for any Europeans living in Moscow. You’ll find a tonne of Germans and French, as well as handful of people from other nationalities - Polish, Swiss, Dutch, Irish
Always interesting to bump into some fellow Brits abroad in a Russian cemetery
January 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Always interesting to bump into some fellow Brits abroad in a Russian cemetery
Paying my respects to the man responsible for my weight gain over the Russian holidays
January 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Paying my respects to the man responsible for my weight gain over the Russian holidays
before the final they had a promo shoot with a chess set and the board was wrong
January 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
before the final they had a promo shoot with a chess set and the board was wrong
I absolutely love watching PandaSakha, the Instagram/YouTube channel showing life and cooking in -55 degrees in Yakutia, Russia
January 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I absolutely love watching PandaSakha, the Instagram/YouTube channel showing life and cooking in -55 degrees in Yakutia, Russia
I love train rides in the Russian winter
January 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I love train rides in the Russian winter
First walk of 2025 around snowy St. Petersburg
January 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
First walk of 2025 around snowy St. Petersburg
Forget Lego, this Brezhnevka is holiday fun for the whole family
January 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Forget Lego, this Brezhnevka is holiday fun for the whole family
Anyone want a Khrushchevka, Brezhnevka or Stalinka construction set?
January 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Anyone want a Khrushchevka, Brezhnevka or Stalinka construction set?
Indoctrinating one Russian kid at a time 🏴
December 31, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Indoctrinating one Russian kid at a time 🏴