Michael LaxerApr 32 min readUlan-Ude 1973: Home of the Soviet Union's (and the world's) largest Lenin bustThe Lenin Bust in the Square of the Soviets Ulan-Ude is a city that lies in the Siberian Far East near Lake Baikal and the Mongolian...
Michael LaxerMar 72 min readSakhalin and the Kuril Islands -- A Trip to the Soviet Far East, 1973At the end of the Second World War with the defeat of Japan the Soviet Union took full control of Sakhalin Island (which is the largest...