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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/11/postcommunist-p.php"><H3 class="title"></H3> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Looming%20Palace%20of%20the%20People.JPG" alt="Looming Palace of the People.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Nicolae Ceausescu's "Palace of the People," now the Romanian parliament building, Bucharest</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Bucharest%20in%20the%20Rain.JPG" alt="Bucharest in the Rain.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Bucharest, Romania, in the rain</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Bucharest%20Skyline%20and%20Power%20Plants.JPG" alt="Bucharest Skyline and Power Plants.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Bucharest, Romania</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Bucharest%20Old%20City.JPG" alt="Bucharest Old City.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Old City, Bucharest, Romania</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Bucharest%20Old%20City%20Bank.JPG" alt="Bucharest Old City Bank.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Old City, Bucharest, Romania</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Atmospheric%20Transylvania.JPG" alt="Atmospheric Transylvania.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Transylvania, Romania</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="332" height="500" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Clock%20Tower%20Sigishoara.JPG" alt="Clock Tower Sigishoara.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Medieval clock tower, Sighisoara, Romania – birthplace of Vlad the Impaler</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Brashov%20Square.JPG" alt="Brashov Square.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Brashov, Romania</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Globe%20and%20Square%20Kiev%20at%20Night.JPG" alt="Globe and Square Kiev at Night.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Kiev, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Well%20lit%20Kiev%20at%20Night.JPG" alt="Well lit Kiev at Night.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Kiev, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Kiev%20from%20Hotel%20Window.jpg" alt="Kiev from Hotel Window.jpg" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Kiev, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="332" height="500" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Inside%20Orthodox%20Church%20Kiev.jpg" alt="Inside Orthodox Church Kiev.jpg" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Orthodox Church, Kiev, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Lada%20on%20Ukraine%20Highway.JPG" alt="Lada on Ukraine Highway.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>A Soviet-built Lada, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Gently%20Sloping%20Crimean%20Countryside.JPG" alt="Gently Sloping Crimean Countryside.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Crimea, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <P></P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Yalta%20and%20Black%20Sea%20at%20Night.JPG" alt="Yalta and Black Sea at Night.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Yalta on the Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine</I></CENTER> <CENTER><IMG width="332" height="500" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Lenin%20in%20Yalta.JPG" alt="Lenin in Yalta.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>A statue of Lenin angrily stares at a McDonald's across the square in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine</I></CENTER><P> </P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Tank%20and%20Goats.JPG" alt="Tank and Goats.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>A babushka, her two goats, and a Soviet tank, Ukraine</I></CENTER><P> </P><CENTER><IMG width="500" height="332" src="http://www.michaeltotten.com/images/Communist%20blocks%20Ukraine.JPG" alt="Communist blocks Ukraine.JPG" /></CENTER> <CENTER><I>Communist housing blocks, Odessa, Ukraine</I></CENTER></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/13AF38C7-7806-41BF-8923-4736630AEFD4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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