Golden Eagle of Tomorrow’s Bliss is the legend of a bird-rocket. Made of money and carrying a charge of security, it is called upon to give Russia prosperity. We are what we believe.
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During the Cold War, several missile systems were set up around Moscow. One of them was the Golden Ring of Air Defense, equipped with missiles of the S-25 Berkut type (“Berkut” means ‘golden eagle’ in English), another one was located throughout the territory of the former RSFSR, including such areas as Kostroma, Ivanovo, and Vladimir – the intercontinental ballistic missile-based system with rockets of the UR-100 type. Both of them were demobilised in the 1980s and 1990s.
It’s said that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, tons of out-of-use Soviet money were dumped in the empty rocket mines. The mass media and treasure hunters still report frequently on the discoveries of treasures hidden in the forests.
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Installation view at the group exhibition “Myths and Legends of Everyday Life”, the New Wing of Gogol House, Moscow, Russia, 2018.
Photo: Denis Esakov.
3D Model, 2020