Monument to the victims of World War II in Audriņi Latvia. Completed in 1973. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism from Slabinja
Spomenik: Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism from Slabinja in Croatia. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
Yerevan Cascade Complex
Yerevan Cascade Complex in Armenia. Architects J. Torosyan, A. Mkhitaryan and S. Gurzadyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
City of Zaporizhzhia Government Building
City of Zaporizhzhia Government Building in Zaporizhzhia, Eastern Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Tbilisi Circus
Tbilisi Circus in Georgia. Constructed between 1939 and 1940 in Stalinist Empire style. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria in Sofia. Completed in 1981 and demolished in 2017. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Iron Fountain
Iron Fountain in Gyumri, Armenia. Constructed in 1982 on the original site of the Polytechnic University. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
People’s Friendship Monument
People’s Friendship Monument in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1974. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Vila Auska
Vila Auska in Palanga, Lithuania. Completed in 1979 by architect J. Šipalis. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
‘Forced crossing of the Dnieper’, Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II Memorial Complex
‘Forced crossing of the Dnieper’, part of the Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II Memorial Complex in Kyiv. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
National Museum of History
National Museum of History in Tirana, Albania. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hotel Cosmos
Hotel Cosmos in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1983 by architects B. Banykin and I. Kolbayeva. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.