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[July 11, 2010

Illustrated Russia

These drawings were made on-site on a stay in Moscow and the provincial towns around from July 08 to August 09 of 2009. The series focuses on Russia as a country of dramatic transitions, on the contrast between the remnants of its czarist and Soviet past and the current signs of a new global capitalist economy.

Statue of Karl Marx, downtown Moscow

Krasnaya Oktyabr, or Red October – Chocolate Factory, is a local landmark and home of the Russian chocolate brand. The factory is no longer operational and is now being converted into high-end apartments and art gallery space.

Astronaut suit in the Golden Gate Museum in Vladimir

Church of the Resurrection of Christ at Kardashi. One of thousands of churches in Russia that have re-opened since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Tourists outside the State Historical Museum at Red Square.

Workers convert an old building into a Giorgia Armani store in downtown Moscow

Begovaya neighborhood at dusk

Kruschev-era apartment complex and church in the Komsomolskaya area of Moscow

Many of the best examples of Russian wooden architecture still standing have been moved from their original locations to museum parks. These two churches are from a park outside of Novgorod.

Abandoned children´s hospital, Moscow

Soviet cars

The Mosselprom building, an apartment complex. Painted slogans on two sides of the building by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Alexander Rodchenko make it an excellent example of Russian avant-garde design.

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