Memorial to the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in Daugavpils, Latvia. Inaugurated in 1969. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
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. Constructed between 1980 and 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.
Monument to the Fallen of Ciglenice
Spomenik: Monument to the Fallen of Ciglenice in Zagreb, Croatia. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Nikola Karev High School
Nikola Karev High School in Skopje, North Macedonia. Completed in 1968. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to V.I. Lenin in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Sculptor N.V. Tomsky. Completed in 1975. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan
Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan in Armenia. Completed in 1979 by architect Rafael Israelyan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Expo Georgia Main Pavilion
The main pavilion of Expo Georgia (formerly VDNKH Exhibition Centre) in Tbilisi. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.