Fountain outside the Culture Palace of Railway Workers in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1985. Soviet-era sculpture in the former USSR.
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Monument to the Defenders of Cahul
Monument to the Defenders of Cahul in Cahul, Moldova. Also known as the Eternal Flame Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Monument to the Miner
Monument to the Miner in Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia, a de facto republic nested between Georgia and Russia. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to Vladimir Lenin in the grounds of a former school in Bzypta, Abkhazia. Now abandoned. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
“Song about Georgia”, Resort Pitsunda
“Song about Georgia” inside the Kurzal Restaurant at Resort Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Also called “Song of Tbilisi”. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Town Hall
Town Hall (Osh Oblast Administration) in the southern city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the 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.
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.