Some of the examples here feature a kind of brutal contrast between large faceless structures and small human-made decorations. This highlights the alienation people sometimes feel in areas and neighborhoods that are designed entirely from the top down. Planned districts of the Soviet Union, with their uniform blocks, shops and kindergartens, from Vladivostok on the Pacific coast to East Germany, evoked this sentiment among residents.
In countries established or liberated with the collapse of the Soviet Union, these regions were generally Mention To raion, derived from the French “rayon”, which stands for uniform shape and appearance. This may refer to an actual administrative division, but is usually just the name of a sleeping district. These rains are one of the main sources of the grim, grey, brooding image of the Soviet Union we see today.
