Poland
| Russia 2018 | Moscow
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| Kaliningrad Ekaterinburg Perm Perm-36 Yaroslavl |
Kaliningrad
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| Kalinigrad Lenin (1958) |
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| Kalinigrad Lenin (1958) |
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| Mikhail Kalinin |
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| Mikhail Kalinin |
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| Konigsberg Cathedral |
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| Konigsberg Cathedral |
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| Konigsberg Cathedral |
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| Cathedral interior |
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| Cathedral Tower With New Synagogue dome in the background |
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| Immanuel Kant's Tomb |
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| Immanuel Kant statue (1991) |
Kaliningrad Bunker-Museum
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| Entry to the Museum-Bunker |
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| General Otto Lasch meets Soviet negotiators |
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| Diorama of Soviet capture of Konigsberg |
Kaliningrad Museum of the World's Ocean
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| Soviet B-413 submarine (1968) |
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| Exposed torepdo tube |
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| Loaded torpedo |
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| Captain's cabin |
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| An awful lot of valves |
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| Aft torpedo tubes |
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| Scotsman at aft torpedo tubes |
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| Soviet mini-sub |
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| Dummy Soyuz capsule used for recovery training |
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| Deep ocean exploratory diver |
Kaliningrad Amber Museum
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| Amber Museum |
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| Ancient Amber 4th-1st millenia BC |
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| Spider inclusion |
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| Strip-mining for Amber |
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| Lenin Atomic Icebreaker (amber) |
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| Amber neptune |
Kaliningrad Fortifications and Gates
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| Der Wrangel |
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| Rossgarten Gate |
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| King's Gate |
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| Friedland Gate |
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| Brandenburg Gate |
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| Friedrichsburg Gate |
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| Friedrichsburg Gate |
Around Kalinigrad
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| Church of the Holy Family (1904) |
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| Church of the Holy Family (1904) |
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| Museum of Fine Art (former Stock Exchange) |
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| Rebuilding of New Synagogue |
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| Heroic Soviet tank |
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| Soviet Victory Column |
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| Cathedral of Christ the Savior (2006) |
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| Cathedral interior |
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| Cathedral dome |
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| Unexpected Beria in the airport bookstore |
Ekaterinburg
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| St Catherine’s chapel |
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| Sverdlov |
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| Sverdlov |
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| Lenin, looking slightly disdainful |
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| Lenin (2) |
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| Sverdlov, near the train station |
Church on the Blood
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Afghanistan War Memorial
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| Black tulips |
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| Chechnya addenda |
Train Station Art
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| Station ceiling: 1581 |
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| Station ceiling: 1598 |
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| Station ceiling: 1917-1922 |
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| Station ceiling: 1941-1945 |
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| Station ceiling: 1960 Gary Powers |
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| Old Train Station, now a museum |
Perm
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| The Mighty Kama River |
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| Perm Bear |
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| City's Order of Lenin |
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| City Hall (?) |
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| WWII Monument (?) |
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| Local Art |
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| Dung beetle Pushing (fake) tire ball |
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| Giant Felix Dzerzhinsky bust |
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| Perm Lenin |
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| Perm Lenin |
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| Perm Lenin |
Perm-36
The former Perm-36 Gulag camp, now the Museum of the History of Political Repression.
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| My guide, Azat |
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| Reconstructed fence |
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| Uniform |
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| Reconstructed "Red Corner" |
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| Reconstructed barracks interior |
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| Example of a Severe Anti-State Crime! |
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| Punishment Block |
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| Punishment Block |
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| Punishment Block |
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| Room for overnight family visits (For privileged prisoners, in the final period of the camp.) |
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| Time to go! |
Yaroslavl
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| 40 miles NE of Yaroslavl |
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| Church of the Epihany |
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| Epiphany Church (Tserkov Bogoyavleniya) |
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| Yaroslav the Wise |
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| St Michael the Archangel Church |
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| Chapel of Alexander Nevsky |
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| Chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign (?) |
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| Yaroslaval Lenin |
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| Yaroslaval Lenin |
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| Lenin, reading a notebook |
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| Fire Lookout Tower |
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| Volga at Yaroslavl |
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
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| Monastery Treasury |
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| Transfiguration Cathedral |
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| Transfiguration Cathedral |
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| Belltower |
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| Belltower View |
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| Belltower View |
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| Belltower View |
Church of Elijah the Prophet
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Church of St John the Baptist
As shown on the 1000 Ruble note.
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Poland
| Moscow
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