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    Bootknife-Jackson: i think Sputnik was a man-MADE satellite, not a MANNED satellite... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: Lots of good stuff like this at English Russia: [englishrussia.com] . For US equivalents, try: [www.lostamerica.com] . -Kle. more »
    KassiaHaoe: Apparently people here do not understand what happens when people stop living somewhere. Does everyone here have the luxury of living in a well popula... more »
    Chip Overclock: I've mentioned this before when this topic has come up: you can see sights similar to this (minus the cyrillic writing) in the Western U.S., particula... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: The worst ones are the pictures of abandoned playgrounds. Ooof, the blank eyes of grinning horsies. #sovietruins more »
    EdificeComplex: Some of the early Stalinist architecture is quite beautiful. It's when they ended up facing a housing crisis etc. that they turned to the mass produce... more »
    BadUncle: cool and creepy. You can almost hear the wind whistling through. And then come the Screamers. #sovietruins more »
    GSDaywalker: Someone call Infinity Ward. They're going to need ideas for scenery for Modern Warfare 3. #sovietruins more »
    ManchuCandidate: All Your Base Are Belong To Desert #sovietruins more »
  • #modernruins

    Abandoned Ruins of the Soviet Empire

    After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many Soviet bases and monuments were left to crumble, never repurposed or reused. These memorials to the USSR stretch across Eastern Europe and Asia, a more global view of a modern nation's ruins. More »
  • #retrofuturism

    This Could Have Been Our Future

    Imagine spending months locked in this Latvian bomb shelter. The banner reads "Without Communciations, There Is No Authority. Without Authority, There Is No Victory!" The shelter, now a museum, has a nuclear-blast-absorbing wall and a huge facility for filtering radiation. More »
  • #sovietscifiart

    Soviets Lost Cold War, Won Pulp Scifi Sweepstakes

  • #retrofuturism

    Happy Soviets Dance on the Moon, 1961

  • #retrofuturism

    Nuclear Missiles Are Rock Stars In Moscow

    Russians prepare to parade nuclear missiles through Red Square as part of the annual Victory Day celebrations. The procession of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, a scary Cold War tradition, ended after the Soviet Union fell, but now Russia is reviving it. Call it apocalyptic retro-futurist nostalgia. Or maybe just overcompensation. Either way, Russians will be screaming and maybe throwing their underwear at these shiny gray WMDs. A gallery of weapon-porn, after the jump. More »