“Helmsman” (“Timonier”) in Constanţa, Romania by sculptor Ada Geo Medrea. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Customs House
Customs House in Tulcea, a city on the Danube in Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Mosaic (Gulias Street)
Mosaic on Gulias Street in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in the 1960s by artist Kukuri Tsereteli. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Sanatorium Metalurgi
Sanatorium Metalurgi in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Completed in 1957. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Wall of the Remembrance
Wall of the Remembrance in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1981 by sculptor Georgy Shkhvatsabaya. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Monument to the Fatherland Front
Monument to the Fatherland Front on the southern slope of Buzludzha Peak, Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument “Thracian Woman”
Monument “Thracian Woman” in Kazanlak, Bulgaria by sculptor Doko Dokov. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument “Dunavtsi”
Monument “Dunavtsi” in the small village of Dunavtsi, central Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Road Brigade
Monument to the Road Brigade on Buzludzha Peak, in central Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Completed in 1982. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Dimitâr Blagoev
Monument to Dimitâr Blagoev near the village of Krân, Bulgaria. Completed in 1981. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Fallen Partisans
Monument to the Fallen Partisans at Buzludzha, Bulgaria. Completed in 1961. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.