The Strange And Beautiful World Of Soviet Bus Stops In Pictures

Behind the iron curtain, the roadside was where architects could really let rip … photographer Christopher Herwig has covered more than 30,000km by bus, bike, car and cab in 14 countries to snap bus stops that show the Soviet empire’s taste for the future fantastic.

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Gagra, Abkhazia

Pitsunda, Abkhazia

Aral, Kazakhstan

Pitsunda, Abkhazia

Niitsiku, Estonia

Altai Mountains, Siberia

Echmiadzin, Armenia

Ivianiec, Belarus

Charyn, Kazakhstan

Marijampolė, Lithuania

Balykchy, Kyrgyzstan

This feature originally appeared in The Guardian.