Central Department Store in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1972. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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State Tajikistan Circus
State Tajikistan Circus in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Central Asia. Completed in 1976; Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Bath House number 8
Bath House number 8 in Tskaltubo, Georgia Completed in 1959 and now abandoned. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Transnistria Parliament building in Tiraspol. Completed 1987 by architect A.V. Norolsky. Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
“Kombat”, Avenue of Glory
“Kombat”, part of the Avenue of Glory in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Completed in 1975. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Kosmos IMAX
Kosmos IMAX in Tallinn, Estonia. Former name: Cinema Kosmos, constructed from 1959-1964. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after N. Lysenko
Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after N. Lysenko in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Sokhumi Railway Station
Sokhumi Railway Station in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR, completed in 1951.
Eshera Sports Complex
Eshera Sports Complex in Abkhazia. Also known as the Central Olympic Base of the USSR. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Wedding Palace
Wedding Palace in Lutsk, Ukraine. An example of modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR. Brutalist building used as a traditional wedding palace.
State Museum of Fine Arts
State Museum of Fine Arts in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1974. Brutalist, Soviet-era architecture, in the former USSR.
Drama Theatre
Drama Theatre in Grodno (Hrodna), Belarus. Constructed between 1977 and 1984. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.