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== Video Games ==
* The Soviet War Factory from ''[[Command & Conquer|Red Alert 2]]'' (shown above), with an "onion dome"—a traditional element of Russian Orthodox church architecture—lodged on its roof. Several other Soviet structures in this game were given similar "attachments". On the other hand, Red Alert is built entirely on [[Camp]] and [[Rule of Cool]]/[[Rule of Funny]], so this can be excused by the [[MST3K Mantra]].
** MayIt may be [[Justified Trope|justified]] anyway as the Bolsheviks (especially at the beginning) found new uses for building of "opium of the people". The churches were converted into things such as stables, and warehouses... when they weren't just blown up. It is noted, however, that [[Joseph Stalin]] did open relations with the Russian Orthodox Church during [[World War II]] as a pragmatic means of rousing patriotic etcsupport.
* The Kremlin wonder in ''[[CivilizationRise of Nations]] IV'' ... is actually St. Basil's Cathedral.▼
** ...or just blown up. The Bolsheviks were openly anti-religious and any Christian symbolism was prohibited until [[The Eighties]]. It is however noted that [[Joseph Stalin]] did open relations with the Russian Orthodox Church during [[World War II]] as a way to rouse patriotic support, if only in a pragmatic way that is.
* The Kremlin wonder in ''[[RiseCivilization of NationsIV]]'' ... is also actually St. Basil's Cathedral.
▲* The Kremlin wonder in ''[[Civilization]] IV'' ... is actually St. Basil's Cathedral.
** Likewise, the [[Islam|Masjid al-Haram]] wonder in ''Civilization IV'' is actually the Dome of the Rock. (For those not in the know, the former is the Kaaba—the Black Cube—in a big mosque in Mecca. The latter is the blue and gold octagon in Jerusalem, which while cool and significant isn't half as cool or significant as the actual Masjid, which is the holiest site in Islam).
* The Kremlin wonder in ''[[Civilization]]'' V really is the Kremlin, but the little icon for it ...is actually St. Basil's Cathedral.
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