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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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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.
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
MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703bn)
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.
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
MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
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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.
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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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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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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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.
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 / 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.
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 / Jena / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Checkpoint entrance to Soviet base.
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. 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?'
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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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703av)
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.
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 / 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.
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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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703ar)
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.
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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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.
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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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703ag)
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.
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 / 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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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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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.
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 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.
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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POLAND / Krzywa / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Krzywa is situated some 33 kilometres outside Legnica in south west Poland, near to the Czech and German borders. Legnica was the headquarters of 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 could accommodate 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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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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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.
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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 / Choibalsan / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. 'Whoever comes to us with a sword, will perish with a sword' ? from Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky. During the Soviet era, many militarypersonnel, support staff and their families werestationed in and around Choibalsan. The populationwas in excess of 300,000. Now it is around 39,000.
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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 / Berlin / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Berlin-Karlshorst was Moscow's intelligence headquarters in East Germany. Situated on the eastern outskirts of East Berlin it extended over a 50 acre compound. Some 2000 staff were employed including 500 KGB officers. The fresco on the right is a reproduction of the original painting by P.Maltsev "Assault on the Sapun Mountain", 1958.
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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 "The Defenders of the Brest Fortress", 1951.Zhangiz-Tobe housed R-36 / SS-18 'Satan' intercontinental ballistic missiles, one of the most powerful of Soviet weapons. The former residential accommodation is now used as a correctional facility by the Kazakhstan government.
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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. Former theatre / cinema.
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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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MONGOLIA / Bayantal / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The base was built in the 1970s and was seen as a forward placement for the Soviet Union in any possible conflict with China. In the 1990s, after it had been abandoned, the USA reputedly considered it as a potential site for their own military usage.
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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 / Chagan / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Parade ground. Built in the 1950s Chagan (also known as Dolon and Semipalatinsk Dolon) was a long range air base facility in the Semipalatinsk region, Kazakhstan. It was a major base for heavy bomber aircraft which weretargeted at northern USA and Canada.
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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 base after the collapse of the USSR. Mural of Yuri Gagarin and rocket, empty housing. This was the largest soviet air base in Mongolia. Built in the 1970s the base had a two mile long runway and was seen as a frontline for any possible conflict with China.
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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 base after the collapse of the USSR. Bayantal provided the longest and best surfaced runway in Mongolia. The aircraft shelters along side the runway are constructed of reinforced concrete and were designed to protect fighter jets from aerial bombardment.
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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 housings after the collapse of the USSR. Abandoned residential area that housed officersand their families. Soviet military bases abroad tended to be isolated settlements, in restricted areas and at a distance from any town. They are a mirror of the Soviet state and its culture of secrecy.
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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 base after the collapse of the USSR. Mig 21. This was the largest soviet air base in Mongolia. Built in the 1970s the base had a two mile long runway and was seen as a frontline for any possible conflict with China.
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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 / Choirl / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. View from Division headquarters. None of the military buildings now remain. They have been demolished by local people and the materials reused or sold. The military housing that existed has been preserved and now provides accommodation for some 7,000 local 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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Prince William playing in the Chakravarty Cup Polo Match, Ham Polo Club, Richmond, Surrey, Britain - 14 Jun 2008.
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Prince William, accompanied by his private secretary Jamie Lowther Pinkerton and his son Billy (William) Lowther-Pinkerton who takes a tumble as he jumps over a union flag that William is holding
Prince William playing in the Chakravarty Cup Polo Match, Ham Polo Club, Richmond, Surrey, Britain - 14 Jun 2008.
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Prince William playing in the Chakravarty Cup Polo Match, Ham Polo Club, Richmond, Surrey, Britain - 14 Jun 2008.
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Prince William, accompanied by his private secretary Jamie Lowther Pinkerton and his son Billy (William) Lowther-Pinkerton who takes a tumble as he jumps over a union flag that William is holding
Prince William playing in the Chakravarty Cup Polo Match, Ham Polo Club, Richmond, Surrey, Britain - 14 Jun 2008.
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Australian Navy transport new battleship using one of the superships of Dockwise - Aug 2012
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You Floated My Battleship! The Superships That Carry Superloads
When the weighty problem of transporting superloads around the world arises, a bulky breed of superships are ready to take up the challenge.
But rather than standard cargo containers, these vessels are capable of floating unimaginable loads including full oil rigs, multiple nuclear-powered submarines and, in one epic voyage, 18 barges from China to the Netherlands.
Currently, the Australian Navy are employing the services of Netherlands-based shipping company Dockwise's MV Blue Marlin, the largest cargo transport ship in the world.
The ship is transporting the first of two aircraft carrier hulls from Spain to Melbourne.
The Australian Landing Helicopter Dock (ALHD) Canberra is the first to commence the 12,000 nautical mile voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, estimated to be completed in 45 days after setting off on 20 August from Punta Langosteira, a new large port just south of La Coruna, northern Spain.
Spanish company Navantia has completed construction of the ships from the keel to the flight deck, and now the hulls are being transported for completion by BAE Systems Australia. The second hull, the ALHD Adelaide, will be transported in early 2014.
Blue Marlin is more than up to the task, being 712ft in length, larger than two football pitches, 138ft deep and able to carry 75,000 tonnes. That said, the ALHD Canberra is so large it overhangs the Blue Marlin deck by 180ft.
Blue Marlin's load capability also meant it was the ship of choice for the U.S. Navy when they had to transport the stricken destroyer USS Cole back to the United States after the warship was damaged by an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber attack while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen.
The Blue Marlin is manned by a 24 crew and is powered by 17,000 horsep...
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Visitors wondering around the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand where the reclining Buddha is seen. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Female visitors wearing shorts or short skirts are given a long sari to cover their legs by a member of staff before entering to see the reclining Buddha inside the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Female visitors wearing shorts or short skirts are given a long sari to cover their legs by a member of staff before entering to see the reclining Buddha inside the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Visitors wondering around the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand where the reclining Buddha is seen. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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The Reclining Buddha inside the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok. The statue is the largest in Thailand. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Sowersby / Rex Features ( 1394220n )
A visitor takes a photograph of the Reclining Buddha inside the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The statue is the largest in Thailand. The Wat Pho Temple is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but its official title is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan is adjacent to the Grand Palace.
The Wat Pho Temple has been included in the UNESCO memory of the World (MOW) programme in 2008.
Bangkok, Thailand - Jun 2011
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