Hotel Bulgaria in the Black Sea city of Burgas, Bulgaria. Completed in 1976. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Monument to Soviet Cosmonautics
Monument to Soviet Cosmonautics in the small town of Dryanovo in central Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Town Hall
Town Hall (Osh Oblast Administration) in the southern city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Cholpon-Ata on the nothern shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Naryn Restaurant
Former Naryn Restaurant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1987 and demolished in 2017. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Borik neighbourhood
Borik neighbourhood in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Completed in 1974. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Garavice Memorial Park of the Victims of Fascist Terror
Spomenik: Garavice Memorial Park of the Victims of Fascist Terror in Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Socialist-era memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Razvitak Shopping Centre
Former Razvitak Shopping Centre in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now abandoned. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to the Liberators of the City
Monument to the Liberators of the City in Tiraspol, Transnistria. Completed in 1969. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Residential & Commercial Building
Soviet-era artwork on the side of a building in Tiraspol, capital of the breakaway state of Transnistria. Part of the former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
The outline of a former Monument to Vladimir Lenin near the railway station in Tiraspol, Transnistria. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
“The Legend of Chisinau”
Mosaic “The Legend of Chisinau” in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1973 by artist, Mikhail Burya. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.