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Metallurgy-Mining Institute

Metallurgy-Mining Institute

Large mosaic on the side of the Metallurgy-Mining Institute in Chiatura, Georgia. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Hotel Nikoli

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

Monument to Nikol Duman, part of Heroes Alley in Jermuk, Armenia. Sculptor Hovhannes Muradyan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Former Palace of Culture

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

Olympia Sanatorium in the mountain spa town of Jermuk, Armenia. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Ashkharh Sanatorium

Ashkharh Sanatorium

Ashkharh Sanatorium in the mountain spa town of Jermuk, Armenia. Completed in 1975. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Former Theatre 

Former Theatre 

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

Independence Monument in the coastal town of Vlorë, Albania. Completed in 1972. Communist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Partisan Memorial 

Partisan Memorial 

Mosaic-decorated Partisan Memorial at Llogara Pass near Dukat, Albania. Communist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.

Former Hotel Volga

Former Hotel Volga

The now-abandoned Hotel Volga in Durrës, Albania. Completed in 1938. Modernist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

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