Almaty Hotel (formerly Hotel Alma-ata) in Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1962 and 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
former Soviet Union Blog Posts
Memorial in Honour of the Liberation of Dnepropetrovsk from the Nazi Occupiers
Memorial in Honour of the Liberation of Dnepropetrovsk from the Nazi Occupiers in Dnipro, Ukraine. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Cinema House
Cinema House in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1974. Formerly the House of Cinematography. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Hotel National
Hotel National (formerly Hotel Intourist) in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1978 and now abandoned. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Restaurant Sēnīte
Former Restaurant Sēnīte on the Vidzeme highway near Murjāņi, Latvia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Transport Mosaic
Mosaic on the wall of a former Lviv Automobile Factory maintenance depot in Kremenets, Ukraine. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Rivne High-Voltage Equipment Plant
Rivne High-Voltage Equipment Plant (RZVA) in Rivne, Ukraine. Completed in 1967. Soviet architecture with mosaic in the former USSR.
Lviv State Circus
Lviv State Circus in Ukraine. Completed in 1969 by architects Adolf Bahmatov and Mikhail Kanevsky. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Liberation
Monument to the Liberation in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1969 by V. Naumov, N. Epelbaum and L. Dubinovskiy. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Ukraina Cinema and Concert Hall
Ukraina Cinema and Concert Hall in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1963. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Sanatorium Sakartvelo
Quasi-abandoned Sanatorium Sakartvelo in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Completed in 1983. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Dnepropetrovsk Hotel
Dnepropetrovsk Hotel in Dnipro, Ukraine. Completed in 1968 by architect Vladimir Aleksandrovich. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.