by Mark | December 15, 2021 | Annual Review, England
Plus, our tips on how to travel around the UK on a budget After flying back to London from Bangkok in March 2020, it took us about a year to realise that overseas travel to the places we are interested in visiting – the former Soviet Union, Indian subcontinent,...
by Mark | April 23, 2021 | Architectonic
Memorial “Black Fence”, part of the Memorial to the Revolutionary, Military and Labour Glory of Railway Workers Location: Bendery (Bender), Transnistria Completed: 1969 Sculptors: N. Zorin and V. Petrov Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR In late 1917,...
by Mark | April 23, 2021 | Architectonic
House of Culture named after Pavel Tkachenko Location: Bendery (Bender), Transnistria Completed: 1963 Architects: Valentin Mednek (architect), Mikhail Burya and Vladislav Obukh (artists) Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR The mosaic compositions on...
by Mark | April 23, 2021 | Architectonic
Monument to the Fighters for State Soviet Power Location: Bendery (Bender), Transnistria Completed: 1969 Architects: Valentin Mednek (architect) and Mikhail Burya (artist) Alternative name: Monument commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the Bender Uprising Genre:...
by Mark | April 4, 2021 | Photo Essay, Ukraine
A short guide to the Expocenter of Ukraine in Kyiv The National Complex Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG), to give the place its full title, is an exhibition and trade fair complex located about 10kms south of the centre of Kyiv. It is the only state institution of its...
by Mark | March 10, 2021 | England
A guide to London’s Barbican architecture including the Barbican Centre and Golden Lane Estate ‘Barbican’, from the Latin Barbecana, is a centuries-old term meaning outer fortification or fortified outpost. During the 16th-century, it was the name of a street in the...
