Private Grutas Park Tour: The Park of Soviet Sculptures from Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Discover a remarkable collection of Soviet-era sculptures on a 6-hour private tour of Grutas Park. As the Lithuanian independence movement toppled Soviet statues across the country, many were transported to this 50-acre (20-hectare) garden, also known as ‘Stalin’s World.’ Walk between the park’s poignant ‘spheres,’ whose themes include totalitarianism, occupation, terror and death, and learn the painful history of the Lithuanian SSR.
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Discover a remarkable collection of Soviet-era sculptures on a 6-hour private tour of Grutas Park. As the Lithuanian independence movement toppled Soviet statues across the country, many were transported to this 50-acre (20-hectare) garden, also known as ‘Stalin’s World.’ Walk between the park’s poignant ‘spheres,’ whose themes include totalitarianism, occupation, terror and death, and learn the painful history of the Lithuanian SSR.
Monumental sculptures and bas-reliefs displayed were erected in majority of Lithuanian cities and towns during the Soviet period.
The collection of the museum consists of monumental sculptures and bas-reliefs of "heroes" of the Soviet period symbolizing brutality and absurdity of the Soviet system and occupation, reflects manipulation of the facts of history and shows the distorted memory of the history.
The collection of the museum consists of monumental sculptures and bas-reliefs of "heroes" of the Soviet period symbolizing brutality and absurdity of the Soviet system and occupation, reflects manipulation of the facts of history and shows the distorted memory of the history.
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