one person who remembers that time well is bedros azinyan. her were the official photographers for the building. bedros, you were here and you saw this room and this building when it was at its best. what was that like? really, all that is left is the wall mosaics and the mosaic on the ceiling. here and here. the rest, all of this white, is now gone. what do you feel seeing what it has become? time could be running out for buzludzha. if the roof collapses, the walls will go too, and the building will be lost. there is now an urgent debate about what exactly to do with the monument. those who remember the repressions and the hardships of the communist era would like to see it destroyed. others want to restore it to its former glory. but dora is working on a proposal to preserve it as a museum, and a place where bulgarians can discuss the past. it was built to glorify the communist ideal. we all want to do that nowadays. we just want to know the history, to understand why it was built. but if we keep it intact, and leave the symbols in their pre

one person who remembers that time well is bedros azinyan. were the official photographers for the building. bedros, you were here and you saw this room and this building when it was at its best. 00:18:51,077 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 what was that like? really, all that is left is the wall mosaics and the mosaic on the ceiling. here and here. the rest, all over this, is now gone. what do you feel seeing what it has become? time could be running out for buzludzha. if the roof collapses, the walls will go too, and the building will be lost. there is now an emerging debate about what exactly to do with the monument. those who remember the repressions and the hardships of the communist era would like to see it destroyed. others want to restore it to its former glory. but dora is working on a proposal to preserve it as a museum, and a place where bulgarians can discuss the past. it was built to glorify the communist ideal. we all want to do that nowadays. we just want to know the history, to understand why it was built. but if we keep it intact, an