Monument to the Child Martyrs in Łódź, Poland Completed in 1971 by sculptor Jadwiga Janus. Communist memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Mother Georgia
Mother Georgia in Tbilisi. Completed in 1958 by sculptor Elguja Amashukeli and also called Kartlis Deda. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.
Hospital MSCH-5
Hospital MSCH-5 in Slavutych, Ukraine. Alternative name Medical Clinic No.5. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Electricity Company
Electricity Company headquarters in Zhytomyr, Ukraine featuring a large clock above the entrance. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Stepan Shahumyan
Monument to Stepan Shahumyan in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1967 by artist Rafik Boshyan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Stoteks Department Store
Stoteks Department Store in Novi Sad, Serbia. Completed in 1972 by architect Milan Mihelič. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Victims of Nazism, Babyn Yar Memorial Park
Monument to Victims of Nazism, part of Babyn Yar Memorial Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1976. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.
Belarusian Sanatorium
Belarusian (Belorussiya) Sanatorium in Jūrmala, Latvia. Completed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Stone Flower
Spomenik: Stone Flower in Jasenovac, Croatia. Completed in 1966 by Bogdan Bogdanović. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Palace of Culture for the Railway Workers
Palace of Culture for the Railway Workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1932. Constructivist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Expocenter of Ukraine
A former restaurant inside the Expocenter of Ukraine in Kyiv. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Mosaic of V.I. Lenin, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Mosaic of V.I. Lenin, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.