Soviet History in Belarus

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

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

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.