Large mosaic on the side of the Metallurgy-Mining Institute in Chiatura, Georgia. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
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Hotel Nikoli
Relief depicting miners above and the side of the Hotel Nikoli in Chiatura, Georgia. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Monument to Nikol Duman
Monument to Nikol Duman, part of Heroes Alley in Jermuk, Armenia. Sculptor Hovhannes Muradyan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Monument to the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Monument to the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Jermuk, Armenia. Completed in 1967. Soviet-era memorial in the former USSR.
Former Palace of Culture
The now-abandoned Palace of Culture in Jermuk, Armenia. Completed in 1986. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Olympia Sanatorium
Olympia Sanatorium in the mountain spa town of Jermuk, Armenia. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Ashkharh Sanatorium
Ashkharh Sanatorium in the mountain spa town of Jermuk, Armenia. Completed in 1975. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Former TheatreÂ
A now-abandoned theatre in the mountain spa town of Jermuk in southern Armenia. Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Independence Monument
Independence Monument in the coastal town of Vlorë, Albania. Completed in 1972. Communist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Partisan MemorialÂ
Mosaic-decorated Partisan Memorial at Llogara Pass near Dukat, Albania. Communist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Former Hotel Volga
The now-abandoned Hotel Volga in Durrës, Albania. Completed in 1938. Modernist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Martyrs Museum and War Relics HallÂ
Martyrs Museum and War Relics Hall in Durrës, Albania. Completed 1951. Modernist, Communist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.