Magadan, Russia
Mask of Sorrow
The Mask of Sorrow is a monument located on a hill above Magadan, Russia, commemorating the many prisoners who suffered and died in the Gulag prison camps in the Kolyma region of the Soviet Union during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. It consists of a large concrete statue of a face, with tears coming from the left eye in the form of small masks. The right eye is in the form of a barred window.
- City
- Magadan
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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Background: Wikipedia