Quasi-abandoned Sanatorium Sakartvelo in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Completed in 1983. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
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Dolphinarium
Mosaic outside the Dolphinarium in Batumi, Georgia. Completed in 1974 by artists Zaur Tsuladze and Vaja Bjalava. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Monument to Yeghishe Charents
Monument to Yeghishe Charents in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Completed in 1985. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Komitas Chamber Music House
Komitas Chamber Music House in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1977 by architect Stepan Kyurkchyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
‘Medeya’
Medeya (Daughter of Tsar Kolkhida) in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Created in 1969 by sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili. Soviet sculpture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Great Patriotic War
Monument to the Great Patriotic War in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1974. Sculptor: Jirayr Ketikyan. War memorial, Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Bus Stop “Fragment of a Dolphin”
Bus Stop “Fragment of a Dolphin” in Gagra, Abkhazia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in Chiatura, Georgia. Soviet-era war monument in the former USSR.
Tbilisi Central Train Station
Tbilisi Central Train Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Constructed between 1978 and 1985. Brutalist railway station, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Business Centre
Business Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Formerly the House of Political Education. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Glory to Labour Monument
Glory to Labour Monument in Kutaisi, Georgia. Completed in 1980. Bastanashvili. Soviet monument in the former USSR.