It’s easy to think of Moscow as a city of mausoleums, giant Lenin statues and propaganda art museums, but photographer Igor Baranchuk insists his hometown is about so much more than post-communist sadness. To prove it, he sent us this set of pictures of people passing out, making out and showing off their genitals in the city’s streets and nightclubs.

You should visit.

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