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Monument to the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League

Monument to the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League

Monument to the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League in Kaunas Location: Grūtas Park (Druskininkai), Lithuania Completed: 1979 Sculptor: Steponas Šarapovas Alternative name: Monument to the Kaunas Komsomol Genre: Soviet monument, former USSRThe All-Union Leninist...

Mother Armenia Complex

Mother Armenia Complex

Mother Armenia Complex on the outskirts of Gyumri in northern Armenia. Completed in 1975. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Kulob, a city on the Yakhsu River in central Tajikistan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Apartment Building

Apartment Building

A large and detailed mosaic on the side of an apartment building in Kulob, Tajikistan (Central Asia). Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Monument to Ljubelj Concentration Camp

Monument to Ljubelj Concentration Camp

Spomenik: Monument to Ljubelj Concentration Camp​ in Slovenia. Completed in 1950 by sculptor Boris Kobe. Socialist-era monument in the former Yugoslavia.

“Partisans” Monument

“Partisans” Monument

Spomenik: “Partisans” Monument in Velenje, Slovenia. Completed in 1977 by sculptor Valerio Miroglio. Socialist-era monument in the former Yugoslavia.

Apartment Building

Apartment Building

Apartment Building on the edge of Velenje, a medium-sized city in Slovenia. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia​.

Former Hotel Igman

Former Hotel Igman

Abandoned Hotel Igman in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Completed in 1983 by architect, Ahmed Džuvić. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.

Freedom Hill Monument

Freedom Hill Monument

Spomenik: Freedom Hill Monument in Gligino Brdo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Architect Ahmed Bešić. Socialist-era monument in the former Yugoslavia.

Administrative Building

Administrative Building

Soviet-era relief on the front of an administrative building in Liepāja, a city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. Former USSR

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