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Monument to Yeghishe Charents

Monument to Yeghishe Charents

Monument to Yeghishe Charents in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Completed in 1985. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Warsaw Uprising Monument

Warsaw Uprising Monument

Warsaw Uprising Monument in Poland. Completed in 1989 by Jacek Budyn and Wincenty Kućma. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Memorial Mother 

Memorial Mother 

Memorial Mother in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Orginally completed in 1961 and remodelled in 1974. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.

Workers’ Movement Memorial

Workers’ Movement Memorial

Workers’ Movement Memorial, part of Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary. Created in 1976. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Republic of Councils Monument

Republic of Councils Monument

Republic of Councils Monument in Memento Park, Budapest. Completed in 1969. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Freedom Monument

Freedom Monument

Freedom Monument in Panevezys, Lithuania, Baltic States. Statue of a woman completed in 1974. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Atomic Power

Monument to Atomic Power

Monument to Atomic Power in the once-closed city of Sillamäe, Estonia. Completed in 1987. Soviet style monument in the former USSR.

Island of Tears

Island of Tears

Island of Tears in Minsk, Belarus. Constructed between 1988 and 1996. Alternative name: Island of Courage and Sorrow. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.

Mother Albania

Mother Albania

Mother Albania in Tirana. Created in 1971 by sculptors Kristaq Rama, Muntaz Dhrami and Shaban Hadërri. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Gazimestan Monument

Gazimestan Monument

Gazimestan Monument near Pristina, Kosovo. Completed in 1953 by Aleksandar Deroko. Socialist war memorial in the former Yugoslavia.

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