Memorial to the Soviet Army in Shumen, Bulgaria. Completed in 1948 by sculptor A. Zankov. Socialist war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Zagreb Fair (Administrative building)
Zagreb Fair (Administrative building) in Croatia. Completed 1965. Architect Zrinka Andrijević. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Wedding Palace
Wedding Palace (Palace of Rituals) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1984. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Ortachala Fire Station
Firefighter mosaic on the side of Ortachala Fire Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1979. Artist G. Kervalishvili. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Dubensky District House of Culture
Dubensky District House of Culture in Dubno, a small city in western Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Žižkov Television Tower
Žižkov Television Tower in Prague, Czech Republic. Completed 1992. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the victims of World War II
Monument to the victims of World War II in Audriņi Latvia. Completed in 1973. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism from Slabinja
Spomenik: Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism from Slabinja in Croatia. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
Yerevan Cascade Complex
Yerevan Cascade Complex in Armenia. Architects J. Torosyan, A. Mkhitaryan and S. Gurzadyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
City of Zaporizhzhia Government Building
City of Zaporizhzhia Government Building in Zaporizhzhia, Eastern Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Tbilisi Circus
Tbilisi Circus in Georgia. Constructed between 1939 and 1940 in Stalinist Empire style. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria in Sofia. Completed in 1981 and demolished in 2017. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.