Russian-Georgian Friendship Monument in Gudauri (Georgian Military Road) in Georgia. Completed in 1983. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
architectonic Blog Posts
The Telephone Palace
Telephone Palace in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1968 by architect Vasile Mitrea. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Textile Factory Workers
Monument to Textile Factory Workers in Gyumri, Armenia. Completed in 1964 by sculptor Tereza Mirzoyan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Gintaras Sanatorium
Gintaras Sanatorium on the outskirts of Palanga in Lithuania. Completed in 1990. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Ušće Tower
Ušće Tower in Belgrade, Serbia. Constructed between 1962 and 1964 and then renovated in 2005. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Ortachala Bus Station
Ortachala (Central) Bus Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1973. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War in Kamianets-Podilskyi, a medieval city in western Ukraine. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Memorial House, part of the Battle of Sutjeska Memorial Monument Complex in the Valley of Heroes
Spomenik: Memorial House, part of the Battle of Sutjeska Memorial Monument Complex in the Valley of Heroes in Tjentište, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Monument to the Victims of June 1956
Monument to the Victims of June 1956 in Poznań, Poland. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Agrarnyy Institut
Mosaic entitled “Horsepower” on the front of the Agrarnyy Institut in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
“October” (Arman Cinema)
Bas-relief titled “October” on the side of the Arman Cinema in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Created in 1967. Soviet relief in the former USSR.
Kond Pedestrian Tunnel
Kond Pedestrian Tunnel in Yerevan, Armenia Completed in 1936 by architect Alexander Tamanyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.