{"id":8879,"date":"2016-06-02T08:26:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T06:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/?p=8879"},"modified":"2016-09-29T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T09:19:49","slug":"buzludzha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brajdo.com\/?p=8879","title":{"rendered":"Buzludzha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulgaria\u2019s Communist Party Headquarters
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\nThe House-Monument of the Bulgarian Communist Party was opened in 1981, to celebrate both the country\u2019s liberation from Ottoman rule and the 1944 victory against Hitler\u2019s fascist domination of Bulgaria
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\nConstruction of the monument cost in excess of 14 million Bulgarian levs, that\u2019s almost 7 million euro today. The money was raised from citizens in the form of suggested donations \u2013 the architect\u2019s own idea \u2013 with the intention of creating a monument for the people, and by the people.
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\nThe saucer, along with its 107m tower, was designed by Georgi Stoilov. More than 60 Bulgarian artists collaborated on the design of murals for the site and thousands of volunteers were involved in the construction process. The Soviet star, which adorns the tower of Buzludzha, was three times larger than that at the Kremlin. It was claimed that the red light it emitted could be seen from as far away as Romania in the north and the Greek border in the south.
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\nBulgarian communism came to an end in 1989 after which the Buzludzha monument was inherited by the State. It was during the mid 90s that the building was ransacked and opened up to the elements, during a period when Bulgaria\u2019s right-wing government was attempting to distance the country from its socialist heritage, at least in part, by vandalising or removing the vestiges of communism. Since then, it’s left to the mercy of the mountain climate and allowed to slowly disintegrate. It’s presenting a powerful symbol of the changing times.
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\nQuote on the entrance:
\n\u201con your feet
\ndespised comrades
\non your feet you slaves of labour!
\ndowntrodden and humiliated
\nstand up against the enemy!
\nlet us without mercy, without forgiveness
\nyes, we take down the old, rotten system\u2026
\nworking men
\nworking women
\nfrom all countries come together
\nforwards! comrades without fear
\nbuild strong our great deeds!
\nto work and to create\u2026\u201d
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\nThe main circular chamber
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\nHammer and sickle – the proletariats of every country join together
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\nFine mosaic detail
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\nKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Lenin
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