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Re:A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces de... by cpursley on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:53AM (#18039682)
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.
Re:A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces de... by pavel_lishin on Friday September 21, 2018 @10:30AM (#18039933)
I 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.

Re:A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces de... by geggam on Friday September 21, 2018 @10:42AM (#18040028)
The 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.