Perm, a weapons manufacturing city on the edge of Siberia, is trying to reinvent itself as a capital of culture.
Perm, Russia
Open-air military museum in Perm, Russia. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Open air military museum in Perm. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
During the winter months prisoners here endured freezing cold conditions. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Barbed wire fences at Perm-36 kept prisoners in. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Cells at Perm-36 are bare and cold. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Bunk beds for prisoners at Perm-36. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Perm, Russia
Perm, Russia
A reminder of the past in downtown Perm. The billboard reads: "Perm was awarded the order of Lenin for its achievements in industrial production". (Yuli Weeks/VOA)
Perm, Russia