Soviet Bus Stops | Doomscroll Buster

In one of history's grayest regimes, local artists turned roadside shelters into works of art.

Across the former Soviet Union, people waiting for a bus in the middle of nowhere could stand inside a mosaic, a concrete wave, or a sea-creature sculpture. In a system built on drab conformity, architects and local artists slipped bursts of color and imagination into the most ordinary places. Many of these shelters still stand today.

Doomscroll Buster is a series of short videos about people who faced dark times and made beauty anyway. Watch them all in the Doomscroll Buster section at pastpassport.com.