Post-Communist Postcards

Nicolae Ceausescu’s “Palace of the People,” now the Romanian parliament building, Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania, in the rain

Bucharest, Romania

Old City, Bucharest, Romania

Old City, Bucharest, Romania

Transylvania, Romania

Medieval clock tower, Sighisoara, Romania — birthplace of Vlad the Impaler

Brashov, Romania

Kiev, Ukraine

Kiev, Ukraine

Kiev, Ukraine

Orthodox Church, Kiev, Ukraine

A Soviet-built Lada, Ukraine

Crimea, Ukraine

Yalta on the Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine

A statue of Lenin angrily stares at a McDonald’s across the square in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

A babushka, her two goats, and a Soviet tank, Ukraine

Communist housing blocks, Odessa, Ukraine