Restaurant Mayak in Dnipro, Ukraine. Completed in 1979 by architect Elvina Davydova. Now abandoned. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
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Daile Theatre
Daile Theatre in Riga, Latvia (Baltic States). Constructed between 1966 and 1976. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Kobuleti Central Park
Mosaic fish, part of the fountain in Kobuleti Central Park in Georgia. Artist Ilia Pesvianidze. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Cinematic Concert Hall
Cinematic Concert Hall in Slavutych, Ukraine. Completed 1988 by architect S.I. Nivin. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the War Glory of the Soviet Army
Monument to the War Glory of the Soviet Army in Lviv, Western Ukraine. Completed in 1970. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Memorial of the 50th anniversary of Soviet Armenia
Memorial of the 50th anniversary of Soviet Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1967. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.
People’s Friendship Arch‬
People’s Friendship Arch in Kyiv, Ukraine. Formerly the Monument to the Reunification of Ukraine and Russia. Former USSR.
Kyrgyz State Circus
Kyrgyz State Circus in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). Completed in 1976. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Visaginas, Eastern Lithuania. Constructed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Chernihiv Railway Station
Chernihiv Railway Station in Ukraine. Completed in 1949 by architect Gennady Granatkin. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Linnahall
Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia. Completed in 1980 by architects Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Tsentralnyi Bridge
Bas relief on Tsentralnyi Bridge in Dnipro, Eastern Ukraine. Completed in 1967 by sculptor Yuri Pavlov. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.