Komitas Chamber Music House in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1977 by architect Stepan Kyurkchyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
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‘Medeya’
Medeya (Daughter of Tsar Kolkhida) in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Created in 1969 by sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili. Soviet sculpture in the former USSR.
Kyiv Crematorium
Kyiv Crematorium in Ukraine. Completed in 1985 by architect, Avraham Miletski. Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Republican School Children’s Palace
Republican School Children’s Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Formerly called the Palace of the Pioneers. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Great Patriotic War
Monument to the Great Patriotic War (WWII) in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1973. War memorial, Soviet monument in the former USSR.
House of Soviets
House of Soviets in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie (Transnistria). Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Cosmos Cinema
Former Cosmos Cinema in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Completed in 1988. Modernist style building with mosaic decoration; Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Statue to Martyrs of the Revolution
Statue to Martyrs of the Revolution in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1978. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Victory Memorial to Soviet Army
Victory Memorial to Soviet Army in Riga, Latvia, part of the Baltic States. Completed in 1985. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Palace of Sports
Palace of Sports in Minsk, Belarus. Constructed 1963-66 by architects S. Filimonov and V. Malyshev. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument in Panevezys, Lithuania, Baltic States. Statue of a woman completed in 1974. Soviet monument in the former USSR.