Soviet History in Kazakhstan

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

A statue of traditional Kazakh dancers adds some beauty to this Soviet-era mining city.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

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

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