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District Court

District Court

Soviet-era relief on the outer wall of the District Court in Tskaltubo, a spa town near Kutaisi in central Georgia (Caucasus). Former USSR.

Kurzal Restaurant, Resort Pitsunda

Kurzal Restaurant, Resort Pitsunda

Kurzal Restaurant (Resort Hall) at Resort Pitsunda in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Alternative name: Resort of all-Union and Seven Candles Resort.

Wedding Palace

Wedding Palace

Wedding Palace (Palace of Rituals) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1984. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Yerevan Cascade Complex

Yerevan Cascade Complex

Yerevan Cascade Complex in Armenia. Architects J. Torosyan, A. Mkhitaryan and S. Gurzadyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Tbilisi Circus

Tbilisi Circus

Tbilisi Circus in Georgia. Constructed between 1939 and 1940 in Stalinist Empire style. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Iron Fountain

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.

Cinema Rossiya

Cinema Rossiya

Cinema Rossiya in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1975. Lead architect Artur Tarkhanyan. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1974 by architect L. Khachatryan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Monument to Galaktion Tabidze

Monument to Galaktion Tabidze

Monument to Galaktion Tabidze in Kutaisi, Georgia. Completed in 1990 by sculptor George Shkhvatsabaia. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Efrem Eshba

Monument to Efrem Eshba

Monument to Efrem Eshba in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Completed in 1973 by sculptor Marina Eshba. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Hotel Aia

Hotel Aia

Hotel Aia in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Completed in 1985 and now home to IDPs. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

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