Now THAT’S Creepy!Monument to the Victims of Political Repressions by Mikhail ShemyakinOne par
Now THAT’S Creepy!Monument to the Victims of Political Repressions by Mikhail ShemyakinOne part of sphinx’s face looks like a skull and is turned towards the infamous Kresty prison on the opposite side of the river Neva. The human part of the face is turned towards a the building located in a luxury district of the city.Thus the sphinx is standing between freedom and incarceration, between life and death. -- source link
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