That Fool, Stalin, Had an Eye for Architecture

Stalin was a dope. But he definitely had an eye for good architecture. I always enjoyed these buildings whenever I was in Moscow.

Stalin's Seven Sisters
They’re not actually his sisters. But these seven towering Russian ladies remain a testament to Joseph Stalin’s grandiosity and the vision he had for Moscow and the Soviet Union.

The seven towers of Moscow were assembled in the years immediately following World War II as Russia under Stalin was eager to build itself up in the midst of the earliest cold war tensions. Their original purpose was to show the symbolic strength and power of the Soviet Union. Read the full story here ...