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Erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. It is built from stonework taken from the destroyed Reich Chancellery. This memorial actually ended up in West Berlin.
Planned to be the central administrative building of Stalin's Leningrad. Begun by Noi Trotsky in 1936, it was not finished until after the war, by which time Trotsky had been purged.
The House of Soviets square features a 1970 bronze statue of Lenin. The House of Soviets was never used as the Leningrad government building, as the plan was shelved after Stalin's death in 1953. Today it houses the Moskovsky Region's local administration.
it seems like the hills around Dushanbe are dedicated to graves...
here is a soviet style cemetery.
that was a quite unusual walk around Dushanbe.
The Soviets thought that a polluting factory by a river was a sign of development. This paiting is in Grutas Park, Southern Lithuania
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
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I can type a whole story about some strange weather that day and no mobilephone connection around this lost Russian (sorry...Soviet) millitary base, but I keep it short:
Most interesting place I've ever visited in and around Berlin/Brandenburg!!!
Totally lost it...
Before I forget to mention it: next to a millitary base, it was also a complete Soviet village and (most of all) a top secret nuclear missile storage facility and launching site.
Maybe that's the reason my GPS went completely bezerk that day...
For those who are interested, some info in:
English: www.abandonedberlin.com/2014/11/vogelsang-soviet-military...
Dutch:
Map (keep in mind to download that map at home > there's almost no internet connection and what I already said...my GPS went crazy...):
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zwmJXBmBSRVA.kIWIEkCsj_L...
KEEP IN MIND:
- Bring some food/drinks with you, there's no späti nearby
- It's easier to bike to and around the base
- This former Soviet ground is HUGE!
Long Beach, California
Beneath the deck are 2 huge batteries each of 112 cells that power the electric motors to run the submarine when it is submerged. This large mass of batteries is carried amidships (centrally) and low down to aid stability.
Another 2 batteries are located beneath the deck of the aft battery room.
The two decks below were for battery storage only. No one lived or worked there. Underwater the boat ran on electric motors powered by 300 tons of batteries.