ANDERSON: Right. Your Parting Shots this evening. One man making it his aim to showcase the culture behind the Iron Curtain.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): The Soviet Union was a large empire that influenced at least half of the world. But because of the Iron Curtain, Soviet art wasn't widely known elsewhere. The empire is gone, but the culture, the art and the science are still in demand across the world. I've started to collect these pieces in order to introduce those great artists to people everywhere. The current exhibition is called war and peace. It presents the pain and suffering of war captured by the artists as well as the happiness life and love of peace time. Those very same questions of war and peace are still very important today. It's also important to remember the experiences of the Soviet Union. We lost 26 million people during the Second World War. Remembering that experience and the lessons of that conflict is important to help prevent something like the pain of fascism ever happening again. My name is Andrei Vilvakov (ph). These were my Parting Shots.</s>ANDERSON: I'm Becky Anderson. That was Connect the World. Thank you for watching. END
The Art of the Soviet Union