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Communism

The Soviet 'Red Passovers' Where Jews Gave Thanks for Communism

Instead of celebrating freedom from Egypt, people celebrated liberation from capitalism.

Sam Lin-Sommer March 28, 2023

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Choijin Lama Monastery

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

Budapest, Hungary

Statue of Imre Nagy

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

Bucharest, Romania

Văcărești Natural Park

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

How Albania's Government Kneaded Secret Documents Into Dough

Records reveal half-baked methods of destruction.

Naomi Tomky August 24, 2022

Site of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' First Congress

The secret meeting held in this building would forever change the world.

Remembering a Daring Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Nearly 60 years after he fled East Berlin, Andreas Springer shares a story of risk, freedom, and the deepest tunnel beneath the Cold War's most infamous border.

Jordan Todorov September 29, 2021

Guadalajara, Mexico

Casa José Guadalupe Zuno Door

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

The Dictators Who Ruled Their Countries’ Cuisines

Authoritarian food obsessions can have a lasting legacy.

Alex Mayyasi July 7, 2021

Podcast: Communist Mummies

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team April 19, 2021

Shanghai, China

Longhua Martyrs Cemetery

A memorial to those who died at the hands of the Kuomintang while fighting for communism in China.

Varna, Bulgaria

Retro Museum

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

Recsk National Memorial Park

For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

Stomoplo, Bulgaria

Perla 2

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Preserving Ukraine’s Soviet Past, One Mosaic At a Time

“We’re trying to collect everything before it’s gone.”

JoAnna Haugen May 5, 2020

El Cristo de la Habana

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Oberża Pod Czerwonym Wieprzem

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.