taxofon

[Peter Houtzagers]

> Taxophon is a special  pay phone for information (09, 07, 05 ect.) and
 emergency
> in Moscow and other Russian big cities. In contrast to usual pay phones this
> kind is rare.
> Good luck
> Aleksandr Levintov

In St-Petersburg near the metro station Gostinnyj dvor there is a
huge row of taksofony, from where you can ring up just any citizen (I
even remember doing so).

Peter Houtzagers
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