Once-Soviet Moscow

"Once-Soviet Moscow" explores the way modern Moscow packages, presents, and remembers its Soviet past. The project examines the multifaceted influence of the Soviet era on present-day Moscow, focusing on specific relics of the Soviet period that the city has preserved or re-created. Topics of interest include the Moscow Metro, monuments to Soviet repression, sites for Soviet nostalgia including art, cafes, and arcades, and pilgrimage sites.