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As a westerner living in Russia, I love seeing all the old soviet stuff (despite the dark history). Ok, maybe not the soviet apartment blocks. But many of the s
by cpursley 8y ago
As a westerner living in Russia, I love seeing all the old soviet stuff (despite the dark history). Ok, maybe not the soviet apartment blocks. But many of the statues and brutalist structures are very unique and I truly hope they're preserved. None of the new construction here is nearly as interesting.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoI grew up literally behind the Moscow Academy of Sciences, and loved looking at that building every day. It was also fun when they started tearing down the statues; just these huge, metal bodies and heads laying in the courtyards for us kids to clamber over.
- geggam 8y agoThe churches, as a non religious person, I can tell you the churches in Russia are gorgeous. The one in St Petersburg on the original island is simply stunning.