Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Soviet

This column is the centerpiece of the monument, and has the names of dead Allied soldiers on the base. Presumably, these were only those killed in Austria.

This plaque includes the names of the artists.

In the West, the Soviet Union's role in World War II is downplayed. Britain is said to have "stood alone," which is only part true. Britain was alone on the Western Front, but the Soviet Union inflicted the vast majority of Axis casualties in Europe, and took the vast majority of Allied casualties. Some of this ignorance is a result of Cold War propaganda, but to be fair a lot of people don't like to view Stalin as any kind of hero. Interestingly, I didn't find Stalin mentioned on this memorial, and obviously it's the better for it. Austria attempted to remain neutral during the Cold War, so it's understandable why they allowed this memorial in their capital, regardless of the Soviet contribution in the war. Still, I had never heard of it and was surprised to see it.

Here's another 81-71M Class arriving in Andel. In unrebuilt form, these would have been the original B-Line trains.

Here's an alternate shot of the Andel ceiling.

The ceiling in the platform area of Andel would have no doubt looked quite futuristic in 1977, although I don't know if it's original. I brings to mind sci-fi movies of the period.

Moskevska station, on the B-Line, now known as Andel, was built between 1977 and 1985, and was one of the original B-Line stations. It also featured more Communist propaganda in its design than any other station, especially the bronzes along the platforms celebrating the Moscow Olympics in 1980, as well as the Soviet space programme. Another theme was the "friendship" or "peace" between Moscow and Prague.......since the Soviet army invaded Prague in 1968 to ensure this would always be the case. In spite of the Soviet Union's fall, and the Velvet Revolution against Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, the modern-day Czech authorities have left the Andel station alone, with the only change being the name change to Andel in 1990.

Here's a closer view of the tank. The ventilator on top of the turret, to the left of the reenactor, is the main spotting feature of a T-54, as opposed to T-55, tank, at least according to Wikipedia (I don't have a copy of Jane's).

Outside of the museum, they had a number of larger temporary exhibits of what would have been seen on the streets in 1968. One of the most iconic of the artifacts from that time was this Russian T-54 main battle tank, in the center, as well as a 1960's-era Skoda 1000MB saloon (on the left behind the tank), and a 1960's-era Volga police cruiser (directly behind the tank).

I took a photo of the Aeroplane Bar the last time I was in Olomouc as well, but I couldn't resist trying it again. Unfortunately, unless you only want part of the plane, or some kind of abstraction, this is one of the only angles which works because of the trees blocking the view.