{"id":6018,"date":"2018-09-16T19:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T17:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T17:04:13","slug":"traces-of-soviet-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=6018","title":{"rendered":"Traces of Soviet Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Soviet era was big on monuments and some of them can still be seen today in Moscow. Outside the New Tretyakov Gallery<\/strong> in Gorky Park<\/strong>, the Fallen Monument Park<\/strong> or Muzeon Park of Arts <\/b>shows a wild potpourri of discarded statues and monuments from the past. Some new statues have also been added to the park and add a nice touch to the greenery.<\/p>\n

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Graveyard of Soviet Statues<\/p><\/div>\n

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Museum of Cosmonautics<\/p><\/div>\n

Proud of winning the Space Race, there is a whole museum dedicated to Russian space exploration. Also, here is a really Soviet looking statue of the first man in space:<\/p>\n

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Yuri Gagarin<\/p><\/div>\n

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VDNKh with the Museum of Cosmonautics in the background<\/p><\/div>\n

The VDNKh<\/strong> or Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) <\/em>is a large complex with various buildings representing different nationalities and regions within the Soviet Union, a bit like a World’s Fair. Spacious and perfect for strolling around and enjoying snacks along the way. Not far from the VDNKh, the Worker and Kolkhoz Woman<\/strong> perch high up on a structure built especially for them. This sculpture was actually used at a World’s Fair (1937 in Paris). As Soviet as it gets, I guess.<\/p>\n

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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman<\/p><\/div>\n

A monument to Lenin’s body that has been conserved for more than 90 years.<\/p>\n

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where Lenin lies – Mausoleum<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately, Novodevichy monastery<\/strong> was under construction when we visited, but the adjacent cemetery<\/strong> houses many famous Russians, including politicians, composers and writers. Also, unique statues and gravestones seem to be hugely popular.<\/p>\n

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at the Novodevichy Cemetery<\/p><\/div>\n

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dramatic hair<\/p><\/div>\n

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gravestone<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a bronze sculpture of writer Sholokhov in a rowing boat among the sea of horses’ heads <\/strong>on Gogol Boulevard. Apparently, the horses represent the pro-Communist and pro-Tsar movements in the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

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Sholokhov in a rowing boat among the sea of horses’ heads<\/p><\/div>\n

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August 17th – 24th, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[97,387,508,812,830,841,879,932,1016,1086,1123,1282,1340,1354],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1808_moscow_monuments_00.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}