Similar Incidents
In September 2006 The New York Times reported on another forest swastika in Eki Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, on the edge of the Himalayas.41°26′53″N 76°23′28″E / 41.448°N 76.391°E / 41.448; 76.391. The mirror-image fir tree swastika is about 600 feet across. Myths and legends abound about how and when the swastika came to be planted in Soviet territory.
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