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Necropolis for the Victims of Fascism

Necropolis for the Victims of Fascism

Spomenik: Necropolis for the Victims of Fascism in Novi Travnik, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Completed in 1975. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Visaginas, Eastern Lithuania. Constructed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Chernihiv Railway Station

Chernihiv Railway Station

Chernihiv Railway Station in Ukraine. Completed in 1949 by architect Gennady Granatkin. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Linnahall

Linnahall

Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia. Completed in 1980 by architects Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Tsentralnyi Bridge

Tsentralnyi Bridge

Bas relief on Tsentralnyi Bridge in Dnipro, Eastern Ukraine. Completed in 1967 by sculptor Yuri Pavlov. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.

Palace Ukraine

Palace Ukraine

Palace Ukraine in Kyiv. Completed 1970 by architects Y. Marynchenko, P. Zhylytsky and I.Vainer. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Derzhprom Metro Station

Derzhprom Metro Station

Derzhprom Metro Station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1995. Architects I. Karpenko and V. Spivachuk. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Universal Hall

Universal Hall

Universal Hall in Skopje, North Macedonia. Also called Congress Centre Alexander the Macedonian. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.

Chernihiv River Port

Chernihiv River Port

River Port in Chernihiv, a medium-sized city in the far north of Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Peace Dove Mosaic

Peace Dove Mosaic

Mosaic depicting a peace dove on the side of Mitana Factory in Tbilisi, Georgia (Caucasus). Soviet era artwork in the former USSR.

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