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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Soviet propaganda poster.
Top text reads: 'In the army there cannot be the pretexts
"I do not want", "I do not wish", "I cannot". When there is
an order it is necessary both to want, and to wish, and to be able to execute it at any cost. Such is the great law of social duty, the sense of selfless service to the Homeland.'
R. Ya. Malikovski, Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero
of the Soviet Union.
Diagonal text reads: THE COMPONENTS OF FIGHTING POTENTIAL: ORGANISATION AND DISCIPLINE.
EXECUTE ORDERS ACCURATELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, ON TIME.
Bottom text reads: '...I will carry out the mission until
my last breathe, until the very last drop of my blood ...
What forces help me to commit a courageous act ? Military discipline and party duty. It is correct to say: from discipline to heroism there is one step.' Captain G. Maslovski, from a letter to his son.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form o
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GERMANY / Jüterborg / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Portraits of Politburo members lined the walls in this room. Slogan reads: "Maxism-leninism is the banner of present age". Some 40,000 to 70,000 Soviet military personnel were stationed with their families in and around Jüterborg.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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CZECHIA / Milovice / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. An important centre during the Soviet occupationof Czechoslovakia, Milovice was the headquartersfor the CGF (Central Group of Forces). It is estimatedthat the Soviet army had as many as 100,000 staff (including families) in Milovice during the mostintensive years 1984-1988.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Library. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s.The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks
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ESTONIA / Rohu / 2007. Soviet military base a bandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Shelter housing R-12 / SS-4 nuclear missiles.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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CZECHIA / Libava / 2005. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. An estimated 6000 assembled anti-tanks defence blocks.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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GERMANY / Vogelsang / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Fresco in the military base school. The fresco describes typical Russian fairy tale characters. On the left is a red flag with the date 1917, the year of the Bolshevik revolution. On the right are other soviet symbols including the numberseventy. The fresco may have been painted in 1987 to celebrate what was the 70th anniversary of the Revolution.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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LATVIA / Liepaja / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. A swimming pool is full of water but this is stagnant water unchanged for years. Soviet Navybase. The 14th submarine squadron and 16 submarines of the USSR Baltic Fleet were stationed here. During the Soviet era the military base housing in the region of 25,000.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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MONGOLIA / Shebi-Gobi / 2008.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Border disputes between China and Russia go backto at least the seventeenth century. The Sino-Sovietborder dispute was particularly disturbing as boththe USSR and China were nuclear powers. Borderprovocations and clashes have led to hundreds ofvictims on each side.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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KAZAKHSTAN / Kurchatov/ 2008. Abandoned Soviet militarybase after the collapse of the USSR. Situated in north east Kazakhstan. In 1989 it was given its current name of Kurchatov, after the Soviet nuclear scientist Igor Kurchatov. It was the perations centre for the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and when it was fully operational it was one of the mostsecret and restricted places in the Soviet Union.Consequently it did not appear on maps and itsname was frequently changed.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The fresco on the wall beside the portrait of Lenin describes a war scene in Afghanistan. The red shadow profile in the foreground picture is of an 'exemplary' soldier from the time of the Civil War. He is wearing a felt hat known as a boudionovka. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s.The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going
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LATVIA / Strautini / 2005. Abandoned soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Soviet mural of paratrooper in freefall.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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GERMANY / Lieberose / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. This base was hidden in the woods a few kilometres from Lieberose. It housed an Independent Signals Battalion for a tank division.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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MONGOLIA / Bayantal / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Chemical products. The withdrawal of the Soviet Army left behind a significant legacy of pollution caused by oil-based products and other waste products, as well as the damage caused to the landscape and the soil. Hundreds of contaminated sites have required environmenta linvestigation and cleanup. Major sources of pollution included transport, rocket and jet fuels, kerosene, lubricants, solvents, galvanic wastes, remnants of chemical weapons and decontamination substances.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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GERMANY / Vogelsang / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Soviet fresco. Vogelsang was a tank division base. It was here in 1959 that Soviet nuclear missiles were firstdeployed outside the USSR. They were withdrawna few months later. Their range was 1200km and itis believed that they were targeted on UK and West German bases.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Instruction panel showing use of gas masks and self-injection to protect against gas or chemical attack.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Irbene. Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Photograph printed from black and white roll film found at Irbene, Latvia. Some 2,000 soldiers and scientists lived and worked in this secret army base, the former Soviet Space Communication Centre 'Zvezdoshka'. Its existence
was not revealed until 1993. The base housed the
radiotelescopes RT-16 and RT-32 (known as 'Little Star') which, when it was built, was reputed to be one of the most advanced in the world. Soviet withdrawal led to sabotage but international pressure from the scientific world prevented its total destruction.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Liepaja / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Abandoned Communist Party banner. Soviet Navybase. The 14th submarine squadron and 16 submarinesof the USSR Baltic Fleet were stationed here. During the Soviet era the military base housing in the region of 25,000.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Irbene. Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Photograph printed from black and white roll film found at Irbene, Latvia. Some 2,000 soldiers and scientists lived and worked in this secret army base, the former Soviet Space Communication Centre 'Zvezdoshka'. Its existence
was not revealed until 1993. The base housed the
radio telescopes RT-16 and RT-32 (known as 'Little Star') which, when it was built, was reputed to be one of the most advanced in the world. Soviet withdrawal led to sabotage but international pressure from the scientific world prevented its total destruction.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Liepaja / 2007. Abandoned Soviet Navy base after the collapse of the USSR. The 14th submarine squadron and 16 submarines of the USSR Baltic Fleet were stationed here. During the Soviet era the military base housing in the region of 25,000.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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KAZAKHSTAN / Priozersk / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Built in 1956 as a ground station to track Sputnik,the first manned satellite, it became one of the most sophisticated Soviet bases for space observation, providing satellite control and space surveillance facilities. From left to right are station 'Kube-Kontur',other destroyed radars, and station MA-9MKTM-1'Romashka'. Once a bustling town of 70,000, Priozersk's population has shrunk to some 12,000.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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GERMANY / Jena / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Checkpoint entrance to Soviet base.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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MONGOLIA / Shebi-Gobi / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The base is situated close to the northern edge of the Gobi desert. The text on the building reads 'troops and artillery are a reliable shield?'
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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MONGOLIA / Baganuur / 2008.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Bust of Lenin. Baganuur was base for the 12th Motor Rifle Division.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
1976 poster. Text reads 'Soviet officers are the loyal sons of the people'.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Liepaja. Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. A submarine at Liepaja-Karosta, photographed by a sailor.
Photograph printed from black and white roll film found the Soviet Navy base. The 14th submarine squadron and 16 submarines of the USSR Baltic Fleet were stationed here. During the Soviet era the military base housing in the region of 25,000.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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GERMANY / Jüterborg / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The oath of allegiance of the Soviet soldier. By taking the oath of allegiance a soldier was swearing 'to be an upright, brave, disciplined, vigilant soldier? to strictly preserve military and government secrets, and to execute, without contradiction, all military regulations and orders of commanders and superiors.' Some 40,000 to 70,000 Soviet military personnel were stationed with their families in and around Jüterborg.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Poster depicting Soviet workers.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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GERMANY / Vogelsang / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Fresco in the military base school. The fresco describes typical Russian fairy tale characters. On the left is a red flag with the date 1917, the year of the Bolshevik revolution. On the right are other soviet symbols including the numberseventy. The fresco may have been painted in 1987 to celebrate what was the 70th anniversary of the Revolution.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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MONGOLIA / Bayantal / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military housings after the collapse of the USSR. The Soviet influence in Mongolia stretched back to the days of Tsarist Russia and developed in strength after the Revolution and was significant until the end of the Cold War. Between 1987 and 1992, however, the Soviets withdrew their troops as well as the technical and financial assistance that they had given to the country.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Irbene / 2007. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Gas masks, sabotaged to avoid reuse.Some 2,000 soldiers and scientists lived and worked in this secret army base, the former Soviet Space Communication Centre 'Zvezdoshka'. Its existence was not revealed until 1993. The base housed the radiotelescopes RT-16 and RT-32 (known as 'Little Star') which, when it was built, was reputed to be one of the most advanced in the world. Soviet withdrawal led to sabotage but international pressure from the scientific world prevented its total destruction.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Soviet propaganda leaflet to be of fighting service with the greatest vigilance'.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Soviet propaganda leaflets 'vigilant soldier - master of his work'.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. WW2 Victory parade held in 1990, Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Soldiers in World War Two uniforms carry 150 battle banners of the units and companies, that were most distinguished in the years of the Great Patriotic War as WW2 was known.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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POLAND / Krzywa / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Krzywa is situated some 33 kilometres outsideLegnica in south west Poland, near to the Czechand German borders. Legnica was the headquartersof the Soviet Union's Northern Group of Forces,and Krzywa was the main air base for those forces.With its 2,500-metre airstrip, the airfield couldaccommodate any type of aircraft.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Official portrait of Politburo member Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov, chairman of the KGB 1982-1988.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Official portrait of Politburo member Vadim Andreievich Medvedev, Party secretary in charge of Ideology 1988-1990.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Sports hall. On the right is written 'Victory starts here!' whilst at the back it reads 'Glory to the military sport'. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s. The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and
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MONGOLIA / Choir / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. By the early 1970s, monuments to the Great Patriotic War became ubiquitous features of the Soviet landscape. A soldier named Alexei served as a model for one of the first, since then these monuments are affectionately nicknamed 'Alyosha', its affectionate name form. At the base of the statue an inscription reads 'All that was built by the people, must be imperatively defended'. The area in front of the statue was used for military parades. Around 10-15,000 soldiers, personnel and their families were based here.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Dobele / 2007. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Immediately after the October Revolution, the Soviet regime sought to create its own heroic universe.It was a way to control and shape visions of the world and to establish exemplary models of conduct.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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MONGOLIA / Baganuur / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Baganuur was base for the 12th Motor Rifle Division. Officers' housing.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Instruction panel showing procedure for presenting arms.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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KAZAKHSTAN / Zhangiz-Tobe / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Inside the Palace of Culture on the military base. The painting is a reproduction of the original by P. Krivonogov "Capitulation", 1946. Zhangiz-Tobe housed R-36 / SS-18 'Satan' intercontinental ballistic missiles, one of the most powerful of Soviet weapons. The end of World War II saw the USSR emerge as one of the world's two superpowers. Celebration of victory over Nazi Germany replaced the cult of Revolution and gave a legitimacy to the regime. The painful realities of the war often found expression in allegorical semi-religious images of mothers holding dead children in their arms. Honouring the immense sacrifices of the war was at least one thing which the government and the people could agree about.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourfu
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MONGOLIA / Choibalsan / 2008. Soviet air base building constructed 1982, abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. The slogan reads: Glory to Communist Party of Soviet Union. After 1955 when Khruschev condemned the 'excesses'of Stalin's Empire style, Soviet architecture becamecharacterised by geometrical austerity. Military buildings,faced typically with white silicate bricks, werebuilt as economically as possible using simple standarddesigns. Choibalsan is the capital city of Dornodprovince, situated along the north bank of the KherlinRiver, 650 km east of the capital Ulaanbaatar.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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ESTONIA / Rohu / 2007. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Shelter for R-12 / SS-4 nuclear missiles. Built deep in the forest, local people did not knowthat this was a nuclear missile base. The R-12 rocketprovided a capability to attack strategic targets atmedium range and could deliver a megaton-classnuclear warhead. This system constituted the bulk ofthe Soviet offensive missile threat to Western Europe.The missiles had a range of 2,000 kilometres.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Irbene. Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Photograph printed from black and white roll film found at Irbene, Latvia. Some 2,000 soldiers and scientists lived and worked in this secret army base, the former Soviet Space Communication Centre 'Zvezdoshka'. Its existence
was not revealed until 1993. The base housed the
radiotelescopes RT-16 and RT-32 (known as 'Little Star') which, when it was built, was reputed to be one of the most advanced in the world. Soviet withdrawal led to sabotage but international pressure from the scientific world prevented its total destruction.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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LATVIA / Irbene. Document recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR. Photograph printed from black and white roll film found at Irbene, Latvia. Some 2,000 soldiers and scientists lived and worked in this secret army base, the former Soviet Space Communication Centre 'Zvezdoshka'. Its existence
was not revealed until 1993. The base housed the
radio telescopes RT-16 and RT-32 (known as 'Little Star') which, when it was built, was reputed to be one of the most advanced in the world. Soviet withdrawal led to sabotage but international pressure from the scientific world prevented its total destruction.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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GERMANY / Altes Lager / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Metal shelves. At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union had some 400,000 soldiers stationed in what was then East Germany. The Group of Soviet Forces inGermany was the Warsaw Pact's most potent military force outside the Soviet Union. Completed in 1994, the withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops, relatives and children of officers, civil employees and dependants is described by historians as the biggest withdrawal ever by an army not defeated in battle.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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Poster of the Soviet Army recovered from a Soviet military base abandoned after the collapse of the USSR.
Representatives of the Navy, Army and Airforce.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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RUSSIA / Moscow / 2006. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Lecture theatre, KGB base. In the background is a portrait of Felix Dzerzhinsky, regarded by Lenin as a revolutionary hero. He was founder of the Bolshevik secret police ? the Cheka ?the forerunners of the KGB.
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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