Many traces of the communist dictatorship can be found in today’s modern and thriving Hungary. The most visited ones, like … Continue reading The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
While almost all nuclear sites you can find in European Countries once beyond the Iron Curtain are today totally abandoned … Continue reading Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania
A nice and lively university town in the heart of the Estonian countryside, Tartu has really something for every kind … Continue reading The Estonian Aviation Museum
Similar to the neighbor republics of Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia was occupied by the Soviets a first time in 1939 … Continue reading Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
Murmansk is a port town in the northwestern corner of todays Russian Federation. It bolsters the biggest population among the … Continue reading A Walk in Murmansk – A Soviet Industrial Port of Our Time
The dry desert ranges of southern Arizona make for a perfect habitat for warbirds – the almost null humidity percentage and … Continue reading Aircraft and Missiles Around Tucson
People visiting Moscow from abroad usually spend much of the time in the Kremlin and the nearby districts, where they … Continue reading War Museums in Moscow
Among the most unequivocal signs of the oppressive communist dictatorship in the former German Democratic Republic – ‘GDR’ or ‘DDR’ … Continue reading STASI Prisons and Headquarters in Berlin and the GDR
Among the most intriguing places for aviation enthusiasts, the ‘Aerospace Valley’ is the name attributed to the flat desert area … Continue reading The Aerospace Valley
Like other satellite countries in the Soviet empire, the German Democratic Republic – also known as ‘Eastern Germany’ before the … Continue reading Soviet Airbases in the GDR – First Chapter
