#Karaganda

2023-11-19

I have been adding more images to my @Michael-K #Pixelfed account of our trip to #Kazakhstan and #Kyrgyztsan back in May. One day I will get through them all. #photo #photography #travel #tTravelPhotography #USSR #CCCP #SovietArt #Karaganda

A tiled Soviet mosaic depicting workers in the Kazakh city of Karaganda
2023-11-19
A painting of #Lenin and his #comrades at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
Lenin sits at a desk, his comrades surround hi. Staline can be seen in the background studying a map of the USSR
2023-11-19
A reconstruction of an exectution room at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
Bullet holes and bloodstains cover a concrete wall. A pair of manacles hang from the ceiling
2023-11-19
A #prisoner awaits #exectution at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
A manequin stands facing the wall, it's hands tied behind it's back
2023-11-19
A reconstruction of a wooden watchtower #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
A wooden watchtower on stilts with a large portrait of Stalin place behind it
2023-11-19
A memorial at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
A memorial for the victims of the Karlag Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp. It features the crown of a yurt (broken) with a dove seated upon it.
2023-11-19
#Soviet #statue of #Lenin at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
A statue of Lenin contrasting with the beautiful blue Kazakh sky
2023-11-19
#Soviet #statue at #Karlag or the #Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp, a #Stalin era #GULAG in #Kazakhstan. Now a #museum. #photo #photography #travel
A stautue of a man with a beard contrasted against the beautiful Kazakh sky
2023-11-19
#Photograph of #PavelPopovitch, the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, the eighth person and first #Ukrainian in space. This image hangs on tthe wall behind the reception of the Hotel #Chaika in #Karaganda #Kazakhstan. The chosen hotel for the Soviet #Cosmonaut programme in the 1960s #photo #photography #travel
A black and white image of Pavel in his cosmonaut suit
2023-11-19
#YuriGagarin and #ValentinaTereshkova, the first man and woman to venture into space. This image hangs on the wall behind the reception of the Hotel #Chaika in #Karaganda #Kazakhstan. The chosen hotel for the Soviet #Cosmonaut programme in the 1960s #photo #photography #travel
A black and white image of Gagarin and Teraskova with their arms raised above their heads, holding hands.
2023-11-19
The first eleven #Soviet #cosmonauts, July 1965. Back row, left to right: #Leonov, #Titov, #Bykovsky, #Yegorov, #Popovich; front row: #Komarov, #Gagarin, #Tereshkova, #Nikolayev, #Feoktistov, #Belyayev. This image hangs on the wall behind the reception of the Hotel #Chaika in #Karaganda #Kazakhstan. The chosen hotel for the Soviet #Cosmonaut programme in the 1960s #photo #photography #travel

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