S. Nėris High School Sports-Training Complex in Vilnius, Lithuania. Formerly Vilnius Salomėja Nėris Gymnasium. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina
Spomenik: Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina in Podgarić, Croatia. Completed in 1967. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Mother and Baby Mosaic
Mosaic depicting a mother and her baby on the side of an apartment building in Kremenets, Ukraine (Eastern Europe). Soviet era artwork in the former USSR.
Glory Hill Memorial Park
Glory Hill Memorial Park in Rivne, Ukraine. Completed in 1985 by Vasiliy Vinaykin and Yuriy Moskalcov. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Former Swimming Pool, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Swimming pool, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Almaty Hotel
Almaty Hotel (formerly Hotel Alma-ata) in Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1962 and 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial in Honour of the Liberation of Dnepropetrovsk from the Nazi Occupiers
Memorial in Honour of the Liberation of Dnepropetrovsk from the Nazi Occupiers in Dnipro, Ukraine. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Cinema House
Cinema House in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1974. Formerly the House of Cinematography. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Hotel National
Hotel National (formerly Hotel Intourist) in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1978 and now abandoned. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Restaurant Sēnīte
Former Restaurant Sēnīte on the Vidzeme highway near Murjāņi, Latvia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
The Chronicles of Georgia
The Chronicles of Georgia in Tbilisi. Constructed started in 1985 and is ongoing. The sculptor is Zurab Tsereteli. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Transport Mosaic
Mosaic on the wall of a former Lviv Automobile Factory maintenance depot in Kremenets, Ukraine. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.