This picture was taken in the Garden of Fallen Monuments. If you ever wondered what happens to those statues that get felled by changing political circumstances......this is where they end up!
These wooden statues presumably were just getting too rotten and have been relocated to end their days in the garden.
The monumental sculpture outside the gates of the former "Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy", entitled The Worker and Collective Farm Girl, designed by Vera Mukhina (1889 -1953). The 3D effect on this image is rather more subtle, primarily because all the elements are at a distance.
One of the old Moscow trams with the huge monument at the Museum of Cosmonautics in the distance. The 3D effect on this image is quite good.
Back in the Garden of Fallen monuments, is a very fallen Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, now surrounded by accusing statues and these heads behind bars and barbed wire. The statue of Stalin was moved from it's former location to be the centre piece in this collective sculpture. Stalin claimed the lives of millions of Russians during his stay at the top, including many of his own family - this collective piece is a fitting memorial to the man.
This picture was taken during the hottest day recorded in the UK,
38ºC on 8/8/03.
