Germany - Wustrow - Soviet camp parade ground mural

On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology

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Copyright: Richard Baker
Image Size: 2657x4096 / 1.3MB; Soviet Russian Cold War conflict warfare armed forces soldier army defense defence military marching parade ground camp Wustrow Halbinsel Eastern Bloc Warsaw Pact enemy opposition conscript Hanseatic defensive outpost boot camp army life tough testosterone tough guy macho male man course lesson rigorous job method fitness fit education discipline mural painting profile orders instruction paces strut goose step training occupied occupation forces 1990 defeated historical historic history peeling versus against uniform training ground style effort physical security heritage past era bygone reminder ideology Communism Communist authority indoctrinated politics political order regiment oppression Iron Curtain regime iron boot iron hand rule tyranny brute force police state totalitarianism reign of terror garrison change of fortune regime change motif philosophy Vorpom Mecklenburg
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On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology