Sovtastic Awesomeness

[Emperor]

The art of Nikolai Lutohin:

http://yugodrom.tumblr.com/tagged/nikolai%20lutohin

Via

His work is described as "surrealistic, sci-fi-sh, serigraphic and absolutely amazing."

http://50watts.com/#2371119/A-long-time-ago-in-a-Galaksija-far-far-away

[von Boom]

Some great artwork there. I have a soft spot for the old Soviet posters and such. They had some great styling.

JvB

[Art]

http://www.gavinrothery.com/my-blog/2012/3/2/russian-vogue-photo-shoot-at-star-city.html

Russian Vogue Photo Shoot at Star City

[Emperor]

Communications Lines Of The Past Century

The Tropospheric Radio Relay network called Sever (North) is a former Soviet system of communications lines the purpose of which was to provide connection between remote parts of the country. The line is 13 200 km long and consists of 46 Tropospheric Radio Relay Stations (TRRS) located mainly along the coast of the Northern and Pacific Ocean and largest Siberian rivers.

It is like the bones of a crashed starship.

[Art]

http://bohemian-blog.blogspot.com/2012/04/urban-exploration-soviet-propaganda.html

Urban Exploration of a Soviet Propaganda Centre, Bulgaria

[Trout]

http://bohemian-blog.blogspot.com/2012/04/urban-exploration-soviet-propaganda.html

Urban Exploration of a Soviet Propaganda Centre, Bulgaria

Fascinating.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

The very best of both worlds...

Soviet disco

[johnnystress]

amazing
http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2012/02/buzludzha-buzludja-bulgaria/

[Emperor]

amazing
http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2012/02/buzludzha-buzludja-bulgaria/

Great find!!

[Frank]

The monument's impressive dome was originally covered with thirty tones of copper

My local council can't stop people nicking drain covers, so the decision to abandon such a quantity of a valuable commodity (up the side of a desolate mountain) probably means the Bulgarian telecoms industry's been enjoying an over-supply of copper wire lately.

Those images enjoy the same cruel pathos as Ozymandias or Brigitte Bardot's ruined face:

[Art]

One dear to my heart...

Star City and the Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/star-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome/100297/

[Art]

Secret Soviet Cities
http://bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/secret-soviet-cities.html

[Emperor]

Hydropower Stations of Dagestan:

http://englishrussia.com/2012/05/22/hydropower-stations-of-dagestan/

The Grand Far Eastern Bridge:

http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/28/the-grand-far-eastern-bridge-saturday/

They need the highest tower cranes in Russia:

[Proudhuff]

Secret Soviet Cities
http://bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/secret-soviet-cities.html

'Perhaps it goes without saying, but the idea of medical researchers helicoptering into the ruins of a formerly secret city in order to locate medical samples of fatally irradiated mutant animals is a pretty incredible premise for a future film'.

In my mind its already made!

[Proudhuff]

Post atomic landscape: