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“Winds-Waves”, House of Writers

“Winds-Waves”, House of Writers

Mosaic entitled “Winds-Waves” on the side of the House of Writers in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1974 by Aurel David. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.

Apartment Building ”Tashkent”

Apartment Building ”Tashkent”

Mosaic-decorated apartment building called ”Tashkent” in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1977. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

TeleRadio-Moldova

TeleRadio-Moldova

Sculpture outside TeleRadio-Moldova (National Public Broadcasting Institution Company) in Chisinau, Moldova. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Dinamo Stadium

Dinamo Stadium

Dinamo Stadium in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1945. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Apartment Building

Apartment Building

Large ornate mosaic on the side of an apartment building in the southern city of Cahul, Moldova. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Fashion Centre

Fashion Centre

Fashion Centre (Casa de Moda) in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1970. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Bendery (Bender), the second city in the breakaway state of Transnistria. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

A gold-coloured Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Sucleia, a small town on the outskirts of Tiraspol, Transnistria. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Prosperity

Monument to Prosperity

Monument to Prosperity on the outskirts of the Black Sea coastal town of Kavarna, Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Monument to Borimechka

Monument to Borimechka

Monument to Borimechka in Klisura, Bulgaria. Completed in 1976 by sculptor, Metodi Izmirliev. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

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