Krasnodar, Russia

@prostye_krd recently posted several photos of this Futuro (which we believe were taken quite some time ago based on the dates of other photos of this unit on this page) to Instagram and, along with the photos, noted that it no longer operates as a tea room (or anything else for that matter) though there are businesses operating around the base of the unit; a cafe serving kebabs and beer on one side and a stand selling vegetables on the other (seen in the photo below).

The original photos and c

In a recent email Konstantin sent us a link to a 2018 blog post by haydamak; thanks Konstantin. The blog post is about this Futuro. It does not contain any new information but it was accompanied by the two photos seen below.

The photos themselves are by Butenko Alexander and were taken 022618; the originals can be found on Flickr here and here. The photos show us that as of that date the yellow finish applied to the unit during its renovation several years ago had completely degraded. For the r

These two photos, posted to Instagram 042119 by stadter provide us with a nice up to date view of this Futuro and its current condition.

This photo was posted to Instagram by nadya_yarysh on 062816. In the previous update (021916) we added a photo that showed this Futuro in a rather deteriorated condition. We were not sure if the photo was an old one reflecting condition prior to the 2012/2013 renovation or a recent one.

Instagram indicates the date a photo was posted but unless the poster adds the date a photo was actually taken there is no way to know so as with the earlier photo we cannot be sure if this photo is recent or pr

The photo below was posted to Instagram on 021516 by Dimitry Oskes. Though it is not always apparent when Instagram photos were actually taken the photo was posted with the annotation «February, 2016».

We however find ourselves wondering if this is a photograph taken sometime prior to the 2012/2013 renovation of this Futuro. If it is from February 2016 then, based on how the unit looks in this photo (at least to us), it appears the Futuro’s condition has started to decline drastically and rapid

Yves Buysse has made many contributions to these pages and this week he sent us several links and photos related to this Futuro. This first photo shows the Futuro as it was in 1986. The photo is by V. Kadorkina and is courtesy of the website Myekaterinodar.com. This photo along with the others that Yves sent provide a little interesting pictorial history of this Futuro.

In this first photo other than the fact that it is on a raised platform the Futuro’s appearance is similar to that of most Fut

In a couple of emails this week Yves Buysse who has made many contributions to these pages told us about a «new» or more accurately a «re-discovered» Futuro located in Krasnodar, Russia; thanks Yves. Everything on the web related to this Futuro seems to be in Russian and Google Translate sometimes has trouble with Russian so if you see anything here that is inaccurate or could be translated more accurately please let us know.

In a couple of March 2013 posts on the website vk.com Khanu Man provi