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Lituania, siamo sul Baltico
... poco dopo il confine polacco. Qui c'e' un parco tematico postcomunista che avevo deciso di saltare, essendo fuori mano dalla capitale, e che invece, ora che sono qui, visitero' domattina.Nel breve tratto che ho compiuto sul suolo lituano ho avuto subito un'ottima impressione, attraversando zone agricole sorprendentemente rigogliose sotto un fantastico cielo di nuvole basse. Ho superato un centinaio ...
Stalin World
... Lithuanians protesting of Mr. Malinauskas bring back the horrorific memory of the Soviet days. But Mr. Malinauskas emphasized that is park is done for educational purposes only, to educate the younger generation NEVER to forget about the past and know about their tragic history. After a 2 hour ride from Vilnius, I entered Stalin World. The main entrance has this barbed wires and a red cattle cargo train that was used ...
Stalin World
... thoughts, sold his idea to the Government, and Bobs your uncle, truck loads of old Soviet statues appeared !!! We paid, we entered and everywhere we went were statues of Lenin. He was in loads of different poses. Standing, sitting, looking gay and many others. There were two Stalins, loads of other old Soviet heros including Kapsukas, Marx, Engels and some other guy who was described as a radical bell ringer ...
Back home
hi again, it might be strange to start with the last entry but I cannot help it, 'cause I am in Belarus right now, packing and getting ready for Bremen. Here are some more pics from Grodno (Belarus), which will be celebrating its 880th anniversary next week. Congrats! Bye-bye and see u soon! ...
Druskininkai - Lithuania
... aka 'Stalin World') was set up by a Lithuanian businessman, who won a tender to house all the ex-Soviet statues that had been taken down after independance and were crumbling in backlots of various government buildings. In his 2sqkm back yard he built a landscaped park full of Stalins, Lenins, and other maniac Soviet dictators, together with sombre placards that gave some home truths about some of their less ...


