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Lviv Bus Factory

Lviv Bus Factory

Metal sculpture on the side wall of the Bus Factory in Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Monument to the Miner

Monument to the Miner

Monument to the Miner in Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia, a de facto republic nested between Georgia and Russia. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin in the grounds of a former school in Bzypta, Abkhazia. Now abandoned. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.

Memorial to Victims of Fascism

Memorial to Victims of Fascism

Spomenik: Memorial to Victims of Fascism in Cerknica, Slovenia. Completed in 1952. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Yugoslavia.

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Tiraspol Transnistria. Completed in 1977 by sculptor V. Dyuzhev. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen” on the side of the Sport Hall Arena​ in Constanţa, Romania. Completed in 1960. Socialist-era artwork in the former Eastern Bloc.

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin

Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Bendery (Bender), Transnistria. Completed in 1951 by V. Mednek and S. Merkulov. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

“Stone Bouquet”

“Stone Bouquet”

Spomenik “Stone Bouquet” in Topola, Serbia. Completed in 1971 by sculptor Milija Glišić. Socialist-era monument in the former Yugoslavia.

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