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Test (2 years ago)
The atraction is very unique and intresting. There are audio guides available or you can follow your own path. The park has set out description written in Russian English and Lithuanian. The animal welfare is also not bad. I would recommend if your interested in soviet history.
The atraction is very unique and intresting. There are audio guides available or you can follow your own path. The park has set out description written in Russian English and Lithuanian. The animal welfare is also not bad. I would recommend if your interested in soviet history.
shawn cabral (2 years ago)
A great place to experience Soviet propoganda and life under soviet rule. A wonderful educational tool for all ages. Would have easily been a five star experience had it not been for their horrible attempt to create a zoo there as well. Seeing baboons and other animals locked in small cages inside a Soviet gulag exhibit was really depressing and rather confusin. The museum would be much more powerful and could be taken much more seriously without the distraction of a bizarre zoo.
A great place to experience Soviet propoganda and life under soviet rule. A wonderful educational tool for all ages. Would have easily been a five star experience had it not been for their horrible attempt to create a zoo there as well. Seeing baboons and other animals locked in small cages inside a Soviet gulag exhibit was really depressing and rather confusin. The museum would be much more powerful and could be taken much more seriously without the distraction of a bizarre zoo.
Sailor Jack Rinkin (Nick) (2 years ago)
Incredible window into the past, totalitarian regime particularly. Amazing collection of fragments from different era. Position of the sunlight falling on the monuments through big trees, at the proper time of the day is pretty spectacular. Only thing that I don't get is the small ZOO at the park. Completely unnecessary and cruel.
Incredible window into the past, totalitarian regime particularly. Amazing collection of fragments from different era. Position of the sunlight falling on the monuments through big trees, at the proper time of the day is pretty spectacular. Only thing that I don't get is the small ZOO at the park. Completely unnecessary and cruel.
Ignas Poška (2 years ago)
Great place to feel Soviet atmosphere. Lots of sculptures and history artifacts. You can buy Soviet souvenirs inside. What surprised me was that big part of the park is zoo. Zoo is really good, lot of versatile animals. Recommend!
Great place to feel Soviet atmosphere. Lots of sculptures and history artifacts. You can buy Soviet souvenirs inside. What surprised me was that big part of the park is zoo. Zoo is really good, lot of versatile animals. Recommend!
Daniel Morris (2 years ago)
Amazing place and well worth the hour drive from Vilnius. The soviet statues, carvings, paintings, large stained glass panels and even a couple monumental wooden heads of Lenin teach us a couple things. First, because many items on display include a photo of where the item was placed before, we can feel how oppressive it must have felt to walk by these statues every day. Second, because of the owner's style of collecting these items, we can see exactly what is meant by the term "soviet realism". This style of art was the only one allowed in soviet times. If an artist was unable or unwilling to create in this style he or she was cut off by the system. I also learned how desperately the soviets tried to paint Lithuanians as good soviet citizens: there are at least 3 statues of a seemingly courageous young woman communist partisan. This is an example of a propaganda machine gone mad. She was not ethnically Lithuanian nor did she even speak Lithuanian. On a particularly weird note there is a zoo on the grounds (?) as well as an ersatz soviet canteen. In addition the owner has salvaged soviet era play ground swings and teeter totters that are extremely dangerous for children to play on! Ultimately these oddball additions which also include a souvenir shop do not detract from the value and importance of this park. I can highly recommend a visit. Perhaps this is the type of place that the USA may ultimately set up to display statues and murals of slave owners and people who actively fought against the nation. We will see...
Amazing place and well worth the hour drive from Vilnius. The soviet statues, carvings, paintings, large stained glass panels and even a couple monumental wooden heads of Lenin teach us a couple things. First, because many items on display include a photo of where the item was placed before, we can feel how oppressive it must have felt to walk by these statues every day. Second, because of the owner's style of collecting these items, we can see exactly what is meant by the term "soviet realism". This style of art was the only one allowed in soviet times. If an artist was unable or unwilling to create in this style he or she was cut off by the system. I also learned how desperately the soviets tried to paint Lithuanians as good soviet citizens: there are at least 3 statues of a seemingly courageous young woman communist partisan. This is an example of a propaganda machine gone mad. She was not ethnically Lithuanian nor did she even speak Lithuanian. On a particularly weird note there is a zoo on the grounds (?) as well as an ersatz soviet canteen. In addition the owner has salvaged soviet era play ground swings and teeter totters that are extremely dangerous for children to play on! Ultimately these oddball additions which also include a souvenir shop do not detract from the value and importance of this park. I can highly recommend a visit. Perhaps this is the type of place that the USA may ultimately set up to display statues and murals of slave owners and people who actively fought against the nation. We will see...
