Palace of Culture for the Railway Workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1932. Constructivist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
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Expocenter of Ukraine
A former restaurant inside the Expocenter of Ukraine in Kyiv. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Mosaic of V.I. Lenin, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Mosaic of V.I. Lenin, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Volyn Regional Music and Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko
Volyn Regional Music and Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko in Lutsk, Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument ’For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons’
Monument ’For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons’ in Yaremche, Western Ukraine. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Monument ‘Revolution Breaks Out’
Monument ‘Revolution Breaks Out’ in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1988 by sculptor Georgy Shkhvatsabaya. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Gyumri Railway Station
Gyumri Railway Station in Armenia. Completed 1979 by architect Rafik Eghoyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Lviv National University Sports Complex
Lviv National University Sports Complex in Ukraine. Completed in the 1970s by architect B. Kuznetsov. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
S. Nėris High School Sports-Training Complex
S. Nėris High School Sports-Training Complex in Vilnius, Lithuania. Formerly Vilnius Salomėja Nėris Gymnasium. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Mother and Baby Mosaic
Mosaic depicting a mother and her baby on the side of an apartment building in Kremenets, Ukraine (Eastern Europe). Soviet era artwork in the former USSR.
Glory Hill Memorial Park
Glory Hill Memorial Park in Rivne, Ukraine. Completed in 1985 by Vasiliy Vinaykin and Yuriy Moskalcov. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Former Swimming Pool, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Swimming pool, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.