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Tag Archives: Communism

Memorialul Renaşterii

On my first trip to Romania in the summer of 2011, I came across a rather large white sculpture of a spike.  It was interesting to me, but I only … Continue reading

August 6, 2013 · 1 Comment

Bunkerisation

Bunkerisation: (verb) the act of packing a country only slightly larger than the US state of Maryland with seven hundred and fifty thousand concrete and steel bunkers.  For a different … Continue reading

November 17, 2012 · 1 Comment

The Stalin Museum

A Google search of “Gori, Georgia” may not create an image that would interest the average traveler.  When I do such a search, of the twenty four pictures on page … Continue reading

October 25, 2012 · Leave a comment