Soviet History in Moscow

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.