Monatsarchive: Juli 2018

The evidence amassed by the historians was overwhelming in volume and content. Their analyses were cogent and profound. They showed beyond reasonable doubt that the Holocaust was a window, rather than a picture on the wall. —Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and … Weiterlesen →

Waited in line for an hour to view Lenin’s embalmed corpse. I found seeing his body a surprisingly moving experience. The clichés about how lifelike he looks are true. Looking at him it’s possible to feel for a moment that … Weiterlesen →

I followed the Moskva, down to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change. On a summer’s night, OMON and Tourist Police passing by, listening to the wind of change. The wind sounds different from what I would have imagined … Weiterlesen →

Tu-144. I think these are beautiful aircraft. This is across the parking lot from the museum’s main entrance. On the building’s upper floor there is a tree growing out of the wall.

The guy on the right has an anti-tank gun. I am trying to imagine lying in the mud with a 14.5mm rifle and aiming at an approaching tank. Lenin Military History Museum I was pleased to see some lend-lease stuff … Weiterlesen →

This exhibit is entitled „Monumental Propaganda of the USSR“. The grass has grown long here. There are more statues of Stalin and Marx than I have seen everywhere else I’ve traveled this summer.I had never imagined that in a reserve … Weiterlesen →

So the tank museum feels a little like looking at porn. I’m not sure how best to describe it. There are half a dozen huge sheds friggin‘ full of armored vehicles – mostly tanks, but self-propelled artillery also, and some … Weiterlesen →