Dare to enter Stalin World? Grutas Park, Lithuania
Nicknamed 'Stalin World', the Soviet era 'theme park' of Grutas Park, close to Druskininkai, Lithuania, showcases an array of original statues of Stalin, Lenin and other key Communist figure heads that once stood in towns across the Baltics until 1991.
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Alternative Lithuania: the spa town and Communist theme park of Druskininkai
The pretty spa town of Druskininkai, Lithuania, home to the fascinating Soviet 'theme park' of Grutas Park (Gruto Parkas), nicknamed 'Stalin World' with its array of Cold War statues and busts of Stalin, Lenin and other key Communist figure heads. The town is also home to the wood sculpter Antanas Česnulius and musician M K Čiurlionius. It has the most charming little Orthodox church and celebrates Mother Nature with a huge foam party during its annual Daffodils Festival.
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그루타스 공원. 그런데 공원입구부터 특이하다. 감시 초소가 있고, 철조망으로 울타리를 친 이공원의 컨셉은 시베리아 수용소라고 한다. 안으로 들어가면 시베리아로 사람들을 나르던 낡은 기차까지 있다. 그렇다면 이곳에 수용되는 이들은 누굴까. 바로 소련시대의 동상들이다. 이 동상들은 소련시대 리투아니아 전역의 주요장소에 당당히 서 있던 동상들이었다. 그러나 소련으로부터 독립하면서 동상들과 조각상은 시민들의 손에 의해 철거되었다. 한 때 처리방법을 놓고 많은 논란이 있었으나 동상을 용해하거나 파괴하는 대신 이렇게 한데 모아 공원을 만든 것이다. 레닌, 스탈린 등의 동상과 조각상들은 모두 당대의 유명한 조각가들이 만든 작품으로 예술성도 뛰어나다고 한다. 2001년 4월에 완공된 이 공원에는 모두 93개의 동상과 조각상이 전시돼 있다. 공산체제가 무너진 후 대부분의 국가들은 공산주의자들의 동상과 조각상들을 파괴함으로써 일종의 한풀이를 했다. 반면 리투아니아는 그들을 한데 모아 수용소에 가두어 놓는다는 아이디어로 세련된 한풀이를 하고 있는 셈이다. “여기 동상들이 마치 강제수용소에 있는 것처럼 보입니다. 더욱이 이곳의 풀과 나무 등 자연환경이 시베리아와 100% 닮았죠.” 공원에는 박물관과 미술관도 만들어놓았는데 한 해 15만 명이 찾고 있으며, 세계 각지에서 관광객들이 찾아온다고 한다. 특히 자라나는 세대들을 위한 역사교육의 장으로써 큰 역할을 하고 있다고 한다. 또 공원 한쪽에는 식당도 마련되어 있다. 식당에 들어서면 맞이하는 웨이터의 복장이 특이하다. “이 복장은 소련시대 어린이 공산당원 복장입니다.” 특별메뉴 또한 준비되어 있는데, 이름하야 추억의 메뉴. 소련시대 가난한 서민들이 즐겨먹던 음식들이다. 그 중 한 가지를 주문했다. 빵 한 조각에 절인 청어와 보드카 한 잔이 전부. ‘100g은 조국을 위하여, 150g은 당을 위하여, 200g은 스탈린을 위하여’ 보드카는 원 샷으로 해결. 그러나 청어를 얹은 빵은 먹기 괴로웠다. 추억은 함께 기억을 나눈 사람들 끼리 가능한 일일 것이다.
[English: Google Translator]
Trees Tasman Park. But it is interesting from the park entrance. The watchtowers, and the concept of the park hit a barbed wire fence is called the Siberian camps. Nareudeon those who enter into it until the old train to Siberia. Who is that they are so accommodating here. It is just a statue of the Soviet era. The statues were the statue stood proudly in the main place of the Soviet era throughout Lithuania. But while independence from the Soviet statue and the statue was torn down by the people's hands. So rather than it converges at one time put the controversial treatment, but many dissolve or destroy the statue will create a park. Lenin, Stalin and statues, including statues and both are also excellent artistry with contemporary works created by famous sculptor. The park was completed in April 2001 has gotta all 93 statues and sculptures on display. After the collapse of the communist system, most countries have some sort of Spite by destroying the Communist statues and sculptures. Lithuania has put them together, while imprisoned together in a camp in Spite been in a stylish ideas. This statue that looks as if it were in the concentration camps. Moreover, grass and trees, such as the natural environment here in Siberia and 100% damatjyo.
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Old school vending machine in grutas park, Druskininkai, Lithuania.
senais gerais laikais karšta vasaros dieną gaivindavo gazirovkė, na o dabar gazirovkės tegali paragaut grūto parke, skonis ne koks, bet ko norėt tik 20centų :)
Daytrip to Grutas park
Tourist pictures from Grutas Park, Lithuania, accompanied with the Anthem of Soviet Union by Suresh David Tucker.
Niezwykly Swiat - Litwa - Grutas Park
Plenerowa prywatna ekspozycja pomników polityków radzieckich oraz przedmiotów związanych z historią tego kraju. Twórcą i właścicielem parku jest przedsiębiorca Viliumas Malinauskas. Park położony jest w pobliżu miasta Druskieniki, na terenie Dzukijskiego Parku Narodowego.
Unique Grutas Park - Gruto Parkas
3.8.2017 Gruto Parkas, Druskininkai Lithuania
This video is not a political statement. We visited this interesting and unique out-door museum.
History repeats itself endlessly for those who are unwilling to learn from the past.
- Leon Brown
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To date, no other museum or cultural institution has endeavoured to collect or duly exhibit Soviet relics.
Grutas Park is situate on a 20 ha area, exhibiting 86 works by 46 authors. Such a large concentration of monuments and sculptures of ideological content in a single out-door exposition is a rare and maybe even unique phenomenon in the world.
In Grutas Park, monumental sculptures are positioned in a 2 km-long exposition, where guard towers, fragments of concentration camps and other details resemble Siberia.
The aim of this exposition is to provide an opportunity for Lithuanian people, visitors coming to Lithuania as well as future generations to see the naked Soviet ideology which suppressed and hurt the spirit of Lithuanian nation for many decades.
Young visitors are also amused by the inhabitants of the mini-zoo located in the park – featuring birds and animals like bears etc.
There is also a cafe with excellent menu with nostalgia extras. Grutas park style and its mood is reflected in “Soviet” menu.
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Ambient Music - Im Forever Lost
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Visiting Stalin World: Lithuania's Best Communist Theme Park
How is Lithuania dealing with its communist past? Watch and find out.
Grūtas Park, in Lithuania's Druskininkų region, is an open air museum devoted to preserving the memory of its Soviet period. But how does it compare to other theme parks around the world? Let me know in the comments what you think.
#stalin #lithuania #grutaspark #soviet
Grutas Park to Vilnius - Lithuania Countryside - GoPro Road Video
Short clips showing the scenery on A4. Briefly passed through the small town of Senoji Varėna. My previous video was a timelapse of the opposite direction: Vilnius to Grutas Park. Recorded fall 2016.
Grutas Park
Kommunismens reliker samlade i en parkanläggning i Litauen.
Grutas Park
Das kommunistische Känguru zu Besuch bei seinen Idolen in Grutas Park, Litauen
Litauen - Grutas Park / Grūto parkas
Der Grutas Park (lit. Grūto parkas) ist ein Skulpturenpark in der Nähe von Druskininkai. Dutzende von Skulpturen aus der Zeit der sowjetischen Besatzung Litauens, die von ihren ursprünglichen Standorten in den Stadtzentren entfernt wurden, fanden hier einen neuen dauerhaften Standort - in einer für Propagandastatuen bewusst untypisch gewählten Umgebung.
Dia Aufnahmen stammen alle aus dem August 2007.
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Grūtas park, Lithuania, July 2001
Grūtas Park, Lithuania 2001
Grūtas Park is a sculpture garden of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other Soviet ideological relics from the times of the Lithuanian SSR. Founded in 2001 by entrepreneur Viliumas Malinauskas, the park is located near Druskininkai, about 130 kilometres southwest of Vilnius.
After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, various Soviet statues were taken down and dumped in different places. Malinauskas requested the Lithuanian authorities to grant him the possession of the sculptures, so that he could build a privately financed museum. This Soviet-theme park was created in the wetlands of the Dzūkija National Park. Many of its features are re-creations of Soviet Gulag prison camps: wooden paths, guard towers, and barbed-wire fences.
Its establishment faced some fierce opposition, and its existence is still controversial. Some ideas originally meant to be a part of the park were never allowed. Examples include transporting the visitors in a Gulag-style train. Grūtas Park and its founder Malinauskas won the 2001 Ig Nobel Peace Prize (see List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#2001). Since January 2007 the park has been in dispute with the Lithuanian copyright protection agency. The agency requires royalties to be paid to seven Lithuanian artists who created some of the statues.
The park also contains playgrounds, a mini-zoo and cafes, all containing relics of the Soviet era. On special occasions actors stage re-enactments of various Soviet-sponsored festivals.
Grūtas park, Lithuania. 2000.
Spooky Park Near Druskininkai
On this episode I am exploring A. Česnulio Wooden Sculpture park, located few kilometers away from Druskininkai city.
In general I am not excited about wood carvings. But this park was beyond my expectations. The time was well spent!
More details about the park: (google translate it for english)
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Trip to Druskininkai (Lithuania) with my boy
Hi! It is my second video. We visited a lot of most famous and beautiful places in South Lithuania, including Druskininkai, Marcinkonys, Varena, etc. Enjoy music and beautiful views!
Trip to Grutas Park
One more trip in Lithuania :)
Gruto parkas (Grütas park), Lithuania 1
Gruto parkas - Grūtas Park, Lithuania 2001, nicknamed Stalin World, Communist statues
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Grūtas Park is a sculpture garden of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other Soviet ideological relics from the times of the Lithuanian SSR. Founded in 2001 by entrepreneur Viliumas Malinauskas, the park is located near Druskininkai, about 130 kilometres southwest of Vilnius.
After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, various Soviet statues were taken down and dumped in different places. Malinauskas requested the Lithuanian authorities to grant him the possession of the sculptures, so that he could build a privately financed museum. This Soviet-theme park was created in the wetlands of the Dzūkija National Park. Many of its features are re-creations of Soviet Gulag prison camps: wooden paths, guard towers, and barbed-wire fences.
Its establishment faced some fierce opposition, and its existence is still controversial. Some ideas originally meant to be a part of the park were never allowed. Examples include transporting the visitors in a Gulag-style train. Grūtas Park and its founder Malinauskas won the 2001 Ig Nobel Peace Prize (see List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#2001). Since January 2007 the park has been in dispute with the Lithuanian copyright protection agency. The agency requires royalties to be paid to seven Lithuanian artists who created some of the statues.
The park also contains playgrounds, a mini-zoo and cafes, all containing relics of the Soviet era. On special occasions actors stage re-enactments of various Soviet-sponsored festivals.