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

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

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.