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Darmon Richter

Darmon Richter is a British travel writer and PhD researcher, with a particular interest in the ideological architecture of Eastern Europe. He writes The Bohemian Blog, and leads tours to communist-era memorial sites in six countries and one post-Soviet frozen conflict zone.

The conflicted past and uncertain future of the Buzludzha monument, Bulgaria’s ‘communist UFO’

The conflicted past and uncertain future of the Buzludzha monument, Bulgaria’s ‘communist UFO’