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The
Berlin Wall was the physical embodiment of the 'Iron Curtain'
that divided
the Soviet world from the West. Once it fell the
Soviet Empire also began to crumble.
At its heart had been a
military system which extended throughout the Soviet bloc
and
exerted huge control and influence. There were military bases in
every country.
Eric
Lusito has travelled
from East Germany to Mongolia and from Poland to Kazakhstan
in
search of these former Soviet military bases.
As
the USSR disintegrated many bases were simply abandoned.
The
military departed but much else was just left behind.
The
buildings themselves are the most resonant symbols of a once
powerful Empire.
Throughout there remain symbols of the old
regime - murals of heroics deeds and
national glories,
photographs of political and military leaders, posters exhorting
young soldiers to give their all to their country.
This
collection of work illuminates the once hidden military world of
the Soviet Union.
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