Soviet History

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

An abandoned Soviet-era park that, when viewed from the air, looks like a pentagram.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.