Propeller Memorial (La Elice) in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1974 by sculptor Mircea Roibu. Socialist-era memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Hotel Traian
Hotel Traian in Brăila, Romania. Completed in 1971 by architect, L. Durbaca. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
House of the Free Press
House of the Free Press in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1957 in Stalinist Empire style. Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
“The Heroism of the Labouring Class in the Struggle for Industrialisation”
Mosaic entitled “The Heroism of the Labouring Class in the Struggle for Industrialisation” in Tulcea, Romania. Socialist artwork in the former Eastern Bloc.
Carrefour Market
Carrefour Market (former Short Distance Railway Station) in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Chisinau Railway Station
Stalinist Empire-style railway station in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1948. Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
“Taming the Fire”, S.A. Termocom
Mosaic entitled “Taming the Fire”, above the front entrance of the S.A. Termocom building in Chisinau, Moldova. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Chisinau Polytechnic College
Soviet-era relief on the side of the Polytechnic College in Chisinau, capital of Moldova, a country in Eastern Europe and the former USSR.
Central Hotel
Central Hotel in the heart of Ljubljana in the Balkan country of Slovenia. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Ferantov VRT
Ferantov VRT in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Completed in 1975 by architect Edvard Ravnikar. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
PJSC Ukrtelecom
PJSC Ukrtelecom building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Victims of the 1988 Earthquake
Memorial to the Victims of the 1988 Earthquake on the outskirts of Spitak, Armenia. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.