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PMR144-01 Bulgaria, Sofia: Lenin statue, with the Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov in the background. Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, communist, leader
PMR143-11 Bulgaria, Sofia: Lenin Memorial, standing in V.I. Lenin Square. Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, statue, monument, communist, statesman, stone-carving
PMR457-03 Slovakia, Bratislava: Palais Grassalkowich, built 1760-65 for Prince Anton Grassalkowich, until recently used by the communist youth organisation "Young Pioneers". View of the entrance with Slovakian flag. Keywords: picturesque, national heritage, architecture, Pressburg, capital city, palace, mansion
PMR457-02 Slovakia, Bratislava: Palais Grassalkowich, built 1760-65 for Prince Anton Grassalkowich, until recently used by the communist youth organisation "Young Pioneers". Keywords: picturesque, national heritage, architecture, Pressburg, capital city, palace, mansion
PMR138K-01 Mongolia, Dundgov Aimag (Province): Ongiin Khiid (Monastery), actually consists of two Buddhist monasteries, both laid waste by the Communists in the 1930s. Most of the buildings were built of mud bricks which have largely weathered away. A small group of monks began rebuilding a temple in 2004 and is dependent on donations for further restorations. This picture: a surviving marble stupa, with the rebuilt temple and a museum/shop ger in the background. Keywords: Mongol, Buddhism, Buddhist, Outer Mongolia, steppe, Genghis Khan, Chinggis Khaan, religious monuments, sharmanism
PMR135K-19 Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Sükhbaatar Square: equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar who founded the communist state in 1921, with the colonnaded Genghis Khan monument behind. Keywords: Mongol, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, statue, monument, capital, steppe, Outer Mongolia
PMR090K-05 Albania, Berat: In the 6th century BC the town was a Greek fortress-settlement of the Dassaretae tribe, later the Illyrian town of "Antipatrea", and then taken by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. Here: a cobbled street in the old walled citadel on the hilltop ("Kala"), with the owner of the five-roomed house, Abdulla, a confirmed Communist and supporter of Enver Hoxha, standing in front of the door. Keywords: Shqiperia, architecture, Turkish houses, historic town, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval, Ottoman
PMR089K-29 Albania, Tirana: Council of Ministers Building, from whose balcony Enver Hoxha used to address the crowds. A communist-era relief still adorns the facade. Keywords: Shqiperia, socialist sculpture, modern architecture, architecture, capital city
PMR044K-17a Russia, Moscow: The golden domes of the Church of Christ the Redeemer, newly rebuilt for the millennium after the original was demolished by Stalin in the 1930s to make way for a communist monolith which never materialised. View from the Kremlin.
PMR044K-17 Russia, Moscow: The golden domes of the Church of Christ the Redeemer, newly rebuilt for the millennium after the original was demolished by Stalin in the 1930s to make way for a communist monolith which never materialised. View from the Kremlin.
PMR064K-21 Bulgaria, Sofia: Prince Alexander Battenberg Square, with the Council of Ministers building (left) and the former Communist Party Headquarters (right).
PMR552-7 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: The National Monument, dedicated to the soldiers killed fighting communist rebels; created by Felix de Weldon, and based on his design for the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, USA. Keywords: statue, war memorial, memorial group, group of soldiers with flag
PMR615-05 Bulgaria, Sofia: Prince Alexander Battenberg Square, dominated by the former Communist Party Headquarters. The building on the left houses the Council of Ministers and that on the right the president's office. Keywords: Bulgarian architecture, government buildings

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