by Mark | June 14, 2020 | Architectonic
Freedom Hill Monument Location: Gligino Brdo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Completed: Year created not known Architect: Ahmed Bešić Genre: Spomenik, Socialist monument, former Yugoslavia VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account...
by Mark | June 12, 2020 | Architectonic
Administrative Building Location: Liepāja, Latvia Completed: Year created not known Artist: Not known Genre: Soviet relief, former USSR VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook page that are dedicated to all...
by Mark | June 12, 2020 | Architectonic
Monument to the Latvian Red Riflemen Location: Daugavpils, Latvia Completed: 1975 Architects: Valdis Kalniņš (architect) and Indulis Folkmaņis (sculptor) Alternative name: Monument to the Defenders of the City in 1919 Genre: War memorial, Soviet monument, former USSR...
by Mark | June 12, 2020 | Architectonic
Monument to Vladimir Lenin Location: Zeltini Missile Base, Latvia Completed: 1970 Sculptor: G.Grundberga Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR Zeltini is a former secret Soviet missile base hidden in the Latvian forest. From the 1960s until the end of the Cold War in...
by Mark | June 10, 2020 | Abkhazia, Belarus, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Photo Essay, Tajikistan, Transnistria, Ukraine
Fifteen Monuments to Lenin still standing in the former USSR Even though the USSR fell apart in December 1991, propaganda in creative form can still be found in many corners of the fifteen republics that previously comprised the Soviet Union. Represented in...
by Mark | June 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Radio Television of Kosovo Location: Pristina, Kosovo Completed: 1966 Architect: Oton Gaspari Alternative name: Radio and Television of Prishtina Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have...
