Park-Monument of the Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship in Varna, Bulgaria. Often called the Russian Monument. Socialist memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Mausoleum to the Fallen Insurgents against Fascism
Spomenik: Mausoleum to the Fallen Insurgents against Fascism in Štulac, Serbia. Also known as Popina Monument Park and ‘The Sniper’. Socialist memorial.
Burial Mound of the Unbeaten
Spomenik: Burial Mound of the Unbeaten in Prilep, North Macedonia. Alternative name: Prilep Partisan Necropolis. Socialist memorial in former Yugoslavia.
Sardarapat Memorial
Sardarapat Memorial in Araks, Armenia near Yerevan. Completed in 1968. Soviet memorial, in the former USSR. Architecture in the Caucasus.
Monument to the Soviet Army
Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed in 1954. Lead sculptor Ivan Funev. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
“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.
Monument of Resistance and Freedom, Šumarice Memorial Park
Spomenik: Monument of Resistance and Freedom, part of Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Also called Memorial ‘Samarsko Zname’, completed in 1977.
Monument to Courage
Spomenik: Monument to Courage in Ostra, Serbia. Alternative name: Monument to the Fallen Soldiers of the Čačak Partisan Detachment. Former Yugoslavia.
Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument in Ulcinj, Montenegro. Spomenik completed in 1985 to commemorate World War II victims in the former Yugoslavia.
Memorial to the Victims of Nazism
Memorial to the Victims of Nazism in Kaunas, Lithuania. Alternative names: Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Holocaust Memorial. Brutalist monument.
Mound of Glory
Mound of Glory in Minsk, Belarus. This striking war memorial was constructed from 1967 to 1969. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.