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Paolosan82

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Bidah Valley, Saudi Arabia

Marble Village of Dhee Ayn

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

Added by Tawsam

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

atimian

Added by atimian

Kafe Gagarin

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Travel Tramp

Added by Travel Tramp

Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus

Mound of Glory

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Statue Of Lenin

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

shadbolteben

Added by shadbolteben

Minski rajon, Belarus

The Stalin Line

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Travel Tramp

Added by Travel Tramp

Brest Hero-Fortress

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Magadan, Russia

Mask of Sorrow

This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.

Added by carmenmandadoesp

Svetlogorsk, Russia

Svetlogorsk Beach Gondolas

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

gypsyblue

Added by gypsyblue

Gamsutl', Russia

Gamsutl

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

olivercampbellyork

Added by olivercampbellyork

Derbent, Russia

Ekranoplan Lun

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

Added by ulitsky

Bunker-703

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

Qvestor

Added by Qvestor

Ulan-Ude, Russia

Giant Lenin Head of Ulan-Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Dylan

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Added by Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Lenin Museum

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

ylitvinenko

Added by ylitvinenko

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Volgograd, Russia

'The Motherland Calls'

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Stalin's Bunker

Stalin's secret bunker.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Soviet Lifestyle Museum

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Added by raycunn

Gulag Museum

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Public Museum of the Moscow Metro

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Added by spokospoko

Soviet Dacha

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

Added by NadiaMoscow

Yagodninsky District, Russia

Kadykchan

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

serflac

Added by serflac