So yeah, my girlfriend took me to visit the ВДНХ (look it up, libs) and it was honestly amazing. I got Gagarin to pat my head in the monument to the Kosmonauts!!
The monument was dedicated to all the people of the Soviet Union because they made it possible, almost cried reading that.
Comrade Lenin says hi to all Hexbears, I'll try and meet him in person in a few days, though I heard he's been real quiet recently.
The Azerbaijan pavillion contained, among others, a memorial to some important Azerbaijani personalities. This is a picture of Leila Mamedbekova Russian Wikipedia link, first female Azerbaijani pilot, went on to train more than 4000 pilots in her life.
Finally, got to see the Rabochii and Kolkhoznitsa statue right outside the ВДНХ, it's huge, stunning, and my girlfriend told me today that it was designed in 1937 by a female architect called Vera Mukhina.
Thanks for the patience, I'm just stoked AF
It is honestly painful to me seeing the Russian flag in many communist monuments. Makes me feel like one of those sci-fi settings where people live in a dark era in which they are discovering the remnants of a more advanced past civilization
After seeing your photos, I went looking at pics of Soviet monuments. The funny thing is that I just posted about the exact same feeling without even reading your comment 🥹🥹🥹
Saw your post, definitely an uncanny feeling of having lost something great. At least we have each other to share it with 🥺