Grūtas Park

The Totalitarian Sphere features sculptures of the main Communist leaders and thinkers, including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Karl Marx.

The Terror Sphere is dedicated to sculptures of founders of the Communist Party of Lithuania (Zigmas Aleksa-Angarietis, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas) and officers of the Red Army (Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis, Ieronim Uborevich).

The Occupation and Death Spheres showcase the brutal side the Soviet regime, including mass deportations and suppression of the Lithuanian partisans.

[8] The 20 hectares of the park area is reminiscent of severe Siberia conditions with its guard towers, fragments of concentration camps and other elements of Soviet repression.

[3] According to The Economist, "As countries grapple with their unsavoury pasts and consider the rightful place of their controversial monuments, the park offers an alternative model to museums or destruction.

Entrance to the park with an exposition depicting the Soviet repression and the Gulag camps. [ 3 ]
A statue of Joseph Stalin in Grūtas Park. During the Soviet occupation , it originally stood in Vilnius.
Communist busts