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Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to V.I. Lenin in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Sculptor N.V. Tomsky. Completed in 1975. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Expo Georgia Main Pavilion

Expo Georgia Main Pavilion

The main pavilion of Expo Georgia (formerly VDNKH Exhibition Centre) in Tbilisi. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

District Court

District Court

Soviet-era relief on the outer wall of the District Court in Tskaltubo, a spa town near Kutaisi in central Georgia (Caucasus). Former USSR.

Kurzal Restaurant, Resort Pitsunda

Kurzal Restaurant, Resort Pitsunda

Kurzal Restaurant (Resort Hall) at Resort Pitsunda in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Alternative name: Resort of all-Union and Seven Candles Resort.

Wedding Palace

Wedding Palace

Wedding Palace (Palace of Rituals) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1984. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.

Ortachala Fire Station

Ortachala Fire Station

Firefighter mosaic on the side of Ortachala Fire Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1979. Artist G. Kervalishvili. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.

Dubensky District House of Culture

Dubensky District House of Culture

Dubensky District House of Culture in Dubno, a small city in western Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Yerevan Cascade Complex

Yerevan Cascade Complex

Yerevan Cascade Complex in Armenia. Architects J. Torosyan, A. Mkhitaryan and S. Gurzadyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Tbilisi Circus

Tbilisi Circus

Tbilisi Circus in Georgia. Constructed between 1939 and 1940 in Stalinist Empire style. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

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