Uzbekistan was governed by the Soviet Communist Party from about 1925 until its independence in 1991. Generations of ethnic Russians came to the country for work, to be in government, for education, and to rule over the populace. Death, inevitable. Where to bury your family?
Not back in Soviet Russia. Time to establish a red star cemetery in your neighborhood. In Tashkent, there's a nice Soviet graveyard, just across the road from a Christian and a Jewish cemetery. Kind of like auto malls for burials.
Gravestones, big on the etched portraits.
Someone is still getting piles of flowers. No doubt on allegiance on some of the grave markers.
A nice feature at many of the graves is a picnic table set. Come and spend some time with food and drink with your loved ones.
Maybe a picnic table isn't enough, spruce up the place with a strong theme color and a mini garden. Maybe add a little plastic flower bling to a picture.
There's real patina to the place, plots divided by iron fences, overgrowth, cock-eyed stones. History, slowly fading away.
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