Broken Soviet Monuments

Russian photographer Igor Moukhin is fond of making photos of some broker Russian monuments.

Like this ones.

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That’s a stone fish.

Tags: monuments, Russian Art, soviet era

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9 Responses to “Broken Soviet Monuments”

1. Delicious says:

   January 26, 2007 at 6:55 pm

   I like these photos a lot. they’re very evocative.

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2. Allen says:

   January 26, 2007 at 10:52 pm

   They really should preserve these.

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3. Louis says:

   January 27, 2007 at 7:26 am

   Very Sad

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4. Yuri says:

   January 27, 2007 at 9:52 am

   Very very sad…

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5. FRESCO says:

   January 27, 2007 at 3:56 pm

   Good images

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6. TeratoMarty says:

   January 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm

   Wow, Picture #5 is a sturdy Soviet babe! She looks much more fun than the whining American-style anorexics in fashion these days.

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7. Buck says:

   February 19, 2007 at 10:54 am

   I like these pics.. they are spoooooooooooookey

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8. stan says:

   February 20, 2007 at 12:34 pm

   Hi yea it is very sad…

   I was born in unkraine and we have the same thing there broken everything is broken, no one is fixing anything once a great country but by the time i was born it was a wrack and i dont think they can get out of this hole and soon they will all die. i mean the whole nation will die, and if you want to argue go ahead but i was there lived there for 11 years and all i can say i’m surprized that people still live there is it horrible over there

   there is no money no heat no air conditiioning and if you say they have that only the fat rich bastards have that everyone else dont its either they have no money to pay for it or pipes break everything is messed up in ukraine and russian

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9. gurtek singh says:

   September 29, 2008 at 4:43 am

   great images but feel bad, do care about them……..
   greetings from india

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