Dimitri Vrubel's Brotherhood Kiss at the East Side Gallery, Berlin Wall. I took this pre-the 2009 "restoration" (more like a complete re-painting from what I hear), and I'm ashamed to say I had no idea who the guys in the manbrace are until about three minutes ago...
They are Leonid Ilich Brezhnev and Eric Honecker. Before you scoff at my ignorance, remember that I'm researching for this blog to address my ignorance. Kudos, please? From 1964-1982 Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Honecker was Chairman of the Council of State over in the DDR East Germany. He built The Wall and under his leadership around 125 East Germans were killed while trying to cross it.
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