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Shumen Centre

Shumen Centre

Shumen Centre in the centrally located Bulgarian city of Shumen. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

Youth Sports School 

Youth Sports School 

One of a handful of sport-related mosaics on the front of the Youth Sports School in Sucleia, Transnistria. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.

Cinematograful Tiraspol

Cinematograful Tiraspol

Cinematograful Tiraspol in Tiraspol Transnistria. Completed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Tiraspol Transnistria. Completed in 1977 by sculptor V. Dyuzhev. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus in Romania. Completed in 1960. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc. 

Housing building “Ont”

Housing building “Ont”

Housing building “Ont” in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1961 by architect M.Dima. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

County Library Panait Cerna

County Library Panait Cerna

County Library Panait Cerna in Tulcea, the gateway to the Danube Delta in Romania. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

The Art Fund Works

The Art Fund Works

The Art Fund Works in Bucharest, Romania. Formerly The Union of Artists. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc. 

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen” on the side of the Sport Hall Arena​ in Constanţa, Romania. Completed in 1960. Socialist-era artwork in the former Eastern Bloc.

Hotel Deva

Hotel Deva

Hotel Deva in the historic Transylvanian city of Deva, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

State Farm named after M.V. Frunze

State Farm named after M.V. Frunze

Detailed mosaic on the outer wall of the State Farm named after M.V. Frunze near Tiraspol, Transnistria. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

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