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Traditional China in Pingyao

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Visiting the Warriors in Xi'an, China

Visiting the Warriors in Xi'an, China

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Go Central Asia!

Presidents of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan unite in a cheery photo at the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.© www.uncorneredmarket.com.  

Enslaved (Pre-Bolshevik Revolution)

The murals on the second floor of the State Historical Museum in Bishkek (formerly the Lenin Museum) provide a dramatic pictorial narration of Lenin leading the Russian people to revolution in 1917. This picture metaphorically depicts what pre-revolution life was supposedly like.©  

Escape?

Another segment of the ceiling mural series at Bishkek's State Historical Museum. We don't quite recall the symbolism of this galloping skeleton in the grand scheme of bringing forth the revolution.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Pre-Revolution Russia

Another illustrative example of life in Tsarist Russia at the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

A Fragile Lenin

One of the many Lenins in porcelain at the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Freedom! (Post Revolution)

Breaking free from the chains of Tsarist Russia at the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Dr. Strangelove, Kyrgyz Style?

A curious ceiling mural on the third floor of Bishkek's State Historical Museum promotes peace and eschews the atomic bomb. We found the collection of people and languages fascinating.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Give Peace a Chance

Looks like something out of the 60s.The State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

More Protests Against Hiroshima

Another bizarre depiction on the ceilings of the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Life Under the Tsars?

An odd symbol of oppression at the State Historical Museum, Bishkek. This mural metaphorically attempts to depict life in Tsarist Russia.Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Looking Back in Time

Another odd clip from the murals at the State Historical Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Maybe a psychological measurement tool?How does this photo make you feel?Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.  

Spooky

Another set of ceiling murals at Bishkek's State Historical Museum in Kyrgyzstan. Again, we found the symbolism challenging. Maybe just an artist gone wild?Read more about our visit to Bishkek and the rest of Kyrgyzstan.