The Wende Museum

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The Wende Museum provides access to the material culture & personal histories of the Cold War era. Located in Culver City, CA; open Fri-Sun 10am-5pm

Boris Yeltsin portrayed as St. George, protecting the Russian Parliament and fighting the 1991 coup attempt against Gorbachev by Soviet hardliners.

📷: Mikhail Nikolaevich Rozhdestvin, Boris the Victorious, 1991. Image from the Ferris Collection, donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris.

NKAO stands for Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The painting features "We Are Our Mountains," a 1967 monument of a man and woman symbolizing the region's people. A single tear added to the woman's face represents violence over the region.

📷: S.A. Sdimian, NKAO, 1991. Image from the Ferris Collection, donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris.

David Bowie looking out the window of the Trans-Siberian Express train, 1973.