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Black Tulip

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Black Tulip

Black Tulip

This is a monument to all the Sverdlovsk soliders who died in the Afghan War fought by the Soviets in the 1980s. It's called "Black Tulip" after the An-12 aircraft that were commonly used to fly the soldier's remains home.

This image was scanned from film.

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Capture Date11 May 2005
Camera ModelMinolta XG-M
LensMinolta 50mm 1:2
ISO400

Location

Taken in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia

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