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The soviets loved to create iconic landmarks and statues for their leaders and army. Many barracks were equipped with colourful murals, mosaics, Lenin statues or relief walls.
This one shows the way of the herein stationed tank army 'Wapnarsk' in the 2nd World War, from the first battle with the Nazis in the Soviet Union to the final victory in Berlin. Originally this relief was equipped with an electric animated lighting system, pointing the way from battle to battle.
The related barracks were demolished in 2005, after 15 years of abandonment. Some locals prevented the relief from being demolished, too. So now there is this impressive, almost 20 meter wide piece of propaganda art hidden in the forest.
Unfortunaly the sky was very grey, so this was the best I could get out of my camera.
This one shows the way of the herein stationed tank army 'Wapnarsk' in the 2nd World War, from the first battle with the Nazis in the Soviet Union to the final victory in Berlin. Originally this relief was equipped with an electric animated lighting system, pointing the way from battle to battle.
The related barracks were demolished in 2005, after 15 years of abandonment. Some locals prevented the relief from being demolished, too. So now there is this impressive, almost 20 meter wide piece of propaganda art hidden in the forest.
Unfortunaly the sky was very grey, so this was the best I could get out of my camera.
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My admiration to those locals who prevented the demolition of this propaganda-monument. Yes, it is a reminder of a former unpleasant time of History, but like the triumphal arches and fallen-into-ruin temples across the vanished Roman Empire, this too is a historical “monument”.
This photo likewise is part of that preservation effort. Danke Mryia.
This photo likewise is part of that preservation effort. Danke Mryia.
With regards the animation, I envision a motor-driven cam controller in a little hut somewhere... The kind of thing that would survive nuclear EMP. Semiconductors are not required for effective propaganda, apparently :)
It is important to have monuments to past follies. An author once pointed out that America has no real failed cities... and maybe we need a few to see things in better perspective.
It is important to have monuments to past follies. An author once pointed out that America has no real failed cities... and maybe we need a few to see things in better perspective.
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