You are here: Homepage Tag Soviet Union Articles The Hill of Crosses near the Lithuanian town of Šiauliai Photo: Gintaras Česonis Day trip | Lithuania The Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai Crosses of devotion stand as a symbol of Lithuanian resistance – but are far from a cemetery. By Jenny Friedrich-Freksa 01/07/2022 Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021 Moscow in the 1930s Photo: Getty Images Historical fiction | Soviet Union The Soviet lockdown At the end of the 1930s, a plague epidemic was averted in Russia. Lyudmila Ulitskaya's novel about the era reads as a parable of our time. By Michail Schischkin 04/01/2021
The Hill of Crosses near the Lithuanian town of Šiauliai Photo: Gintaras Česonis Day trip | Lithuania The Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai Crosses of devotion stand as a symbol of Lithuanian resistance – but are far from a cemetery. By Jenny Friedrich-Freksa 01/07/2022
Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021
Moscow in the 1930s Photo: Getty Images Historical fiction | Soviet Union The Soviet lockdown At the end of the 1930s, a plague epidemic was averted in Russia. Lyudmila Ulitskaya's novel about the era reads as a parable of our time. By Michail Schischkin 04/01/2021
