Sergiev Posad, Russia’s Vatican City

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia had to search for an identity. Communism disappeared as the main ideology, and there was no replacement. However, it seems that Russia has found its new identity in an old one: the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church was the main religion in the Russian Empire,…

Soviet memories – Cosmonauts and ВДНХ

It has been only 27 years since the Soviet Union dissolved. 27 years ago, people looked up to the blue winter sky and had hopes that finally, now, life would be better. An enormous empire, already on its knees, vanished from the surface of the Earth. Remnants of this vast empire are still visible. Not…