Museum of totalitarianism. Grutas park, Lithuania.
BackMuseum of totalitarianism with hundreds sculptures of Lenin, Marx etc. Grutas, Southern Lietuva. Grūtas Park is a sculpture garden of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other ideological relics, founded by the Lithuanian entrepreneur (and former wrestler) Viliumas Malinauskas, near Druskininkai, about 130 km southeast of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is unofficially called Stalin's World or Stalin World (by way of reference to theme parks such as Walt Disney World and SeaWorld). After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, these statues were all taken down and dumped in different places. Later Malinauskas requested the Lithuanian authorities to grant him possession of the sculptures, so that he could build a privately-financed museum. This Soviet theme park was created in the wetlands of Dzūkija National Park. Many of its features are re-creations of Soviet Gulag prison camps: wooden paths, guard towers and fences. The park is rich in irony and is intended to amuse as much as to inform, but it awakens many painful memories; its establishment faced some fierce opposition, and its existence is still controversial. The park also contains playgrounds, a mini-zoo and cafes, all containing relics of the Soviet era. The exposition is organized into spheres, as listed below. Each of the statues features an information stand, with a brief historical overview. All of the statues, with the exception of Karl Marx, are of men and women who influenced the occupation of Lithuania. Altogether, the exposition consists of 86 statues, created by 46 different sculptors.
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