Mosaic of V.I. Lenin, near the entrance of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Most SNP
Most SNP (UFO Bridge) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Constructed between 1967 and 1972. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument of Pain and Defiance, Šumarice Memorial Park
Spomenik: Monument of Pain and Defiance, part of Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
‘Feat’, Memorial of Glory
‘Feat’, part of the Memorial of Glory inside Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1975. Soviet war monument in the former USSR.
Hotel Holiday
Hotel Holiday, formerly the Holiday Inn, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Completed in 1983. Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in Daugavpils, Latvia. Inaugurated in 1969. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Wedding Palace
Wedding Palace in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Completed 1988 by architect Vyacheslav Pavlyukov. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Stone Sleeper Monument, Šumarice Memorial Park
Spomenik: Stone Sleeper Monument, part of Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Vake Park War World War II Memorial
Vake Park World War II Memorial complex in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1985. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
‘The First Swallows’
‘The First Swallows’ in Vilnius, Lithuania. Completed in 1964 by sculptor Juozas Mikėnas. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.
Dubno College of Culture and Arts
Dubno College of Culture and Arts in Dubno, a small city in western Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Nor Arabkir Memorial Complex
Nor Arabkir Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1985 by sculptor G. Ghambarian. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.