Tour: "Was it better under the Russians?"

Many of you have heard the phrase – "It was better under the Russians." Definitely not, or not for everyone. During the tour, you will find out if there was really a choice in elections, how churches were closed, how the KGB operated, where the islands of freedom were in Vilnius, how much government officials earned, and that everyone was friends.

You will get to touch objects from that era. We will tell you about the honoraria of officially recognized writers and what happened if you were not loyal to the official position. And furthermore – your family life could have been saved by the authorities. We will remind you of old phenomena such as "kombinavimas" (making do) and "blatas" (connections). During the tour, you will get acquainted with about 20 objects, some of which evoked respectful fear, others had queues, some changed their function, others remained. Finally, you will be able to answer the question for yourself: was it better under the Russians? The tour starts from the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, oops, from the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen in Paris, and we in Vilnius. Ladies and gentlemen over 40 remember what people celebrated during the Soviet era; for younger ones, we will tell you. Let's see for whom it was better under the Russians. We will pass by former Soviet government institutions, by churches that were closed. The sites of former monuments to Soviet leaders, editorial offices of magazines. According to Soviet "science," by about 1982 we should have already been living "for free." However, communism was defeated by the market economy.

Guide: Donatas Jokūbaitis.
Tour start: from the Seimas building of the Republic of Lithuania (Gedimino Ave. 53, Vilnius), end – Tilto St. 1.

Tickets can be purchased here.

Contact: laisveskovos@vdkaromuziejus.lt +370 68521663