Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Will be giving some highlights of Belarus as far as related to phaleristics.First, some pics from a small little museum on the war in Afghanistan in the city of Vitsebsk (north of Belarus)Second, some pics from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk. Highly recommendable.Third, some pics from the Brest Fortress in Brest of course. Also highly recommendable.And finally, while travelling in Lithuania, I stopped right across the border with Belarus in a town near Drushkininkai called Grutas. There's a very nice park there jam packed with old Soviet time period statues... Lenin, Stalin, etc. galore. Also has some very nice exhibitions and you can eat traditional Soviet food from the good old days in the cafeteria:) Great park to wander around, enjoy the socialist realist art and take pics:)Will post pics step by step over coming days. The best at the end:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Welcome back. Looking forward to it, Bob. For all the 'normal [abnormal] reasons' plus the fact that my father-in-law's family was from Vitsebsk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 First, some pics from a small little museum on the war in Afghanistan in the city of Vitsebsk (north of Belarus). So small that they're not really that used to getting visiters but still worth the visit (just wish I could read Russian) and the entrance fee isn't exactly a disincentive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) The good stuff is coming... Minsk... a rainy afternoon... off to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. A GREAT museum! Not the concert hall on the left, nor the socialist workers meeting center or something like that on the right... but the inspirational building in the middle. Edited July 31, 2007 by Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 The entrance hall... you can understand the main theme of the museum:)Lot's of goodies in this building I can assure you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 And almost all to myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Some "random" interesting views coming up to give impression and encourage you to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Also something for uniform lovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 I need to get a better camera - but that's another point. What are the non-soviet awards here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Machine gun on sled - nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) Looks like a pic from collectrussia:) Edited July 31, 2007 by Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Put some faces behind history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Now that's what I call a documented set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Translation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Close up... what Soviet award does the guy NOT have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Building just went on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Were you the only visitor? So far, much better than the USMA museum at West Point!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Great "member of parliament" group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Translation?Wasn't the only visitor... approximately 4 other people in the building as well:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 ANother great group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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