We went into an old building at the Red October factory and actually found some bullet casings on the second floor -- it was amazing that they had just been laying there undisturbed for sixty years! At Potomnik, we found shells, gas masks, bomb fragments, rifles, machine gun drums, and, believe it or not, lots and lots of bones. The Russians let you bring whatever you find home as long as it is not live ordnance, weapons, or helmets. One in my group actually wanted to bring a skull home. Fortunately, I convinced him that it would be very disrespectful and that it should be turned over to the authorities for proper buriel.
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