Monument to the Great Patriotic War (WWII) in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1973. War memorial, Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
House of Soviets
House of Soviets in Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie (Transnistria). Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Former Cosmos Cinema
Former Cosmos Cinema in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Completed in 1988. Modernist style building with mosaic decoration; Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium
Palace of Culture, Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Republic of Councils Monument
Republic of Councils Monument in Memento Park, Budapest. Completed in 1969. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Statue to Martyrs of the Revolution
Statue to Martyrs of the Revolution in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1978. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Victory Memorial to Soviet Army
Victory Memorial to Soviet Army in Riga, Latvia, part of the Baltic States. Completed in 1985. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Palace of Sports
Palace of Sports in Minsk, Belarus. Constructed 1963-66 by architects S. Filimonov and V. Malyshev. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument in Panevezys, Lithuania, Baltic States. Statue of a woman completed in 1974. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Former Linas (Lino) Swimming Pool
Former Linas (Lino) Swimming Pool in Palanga, Lithuania. Completed in 1984. Brutalist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija
Spomenik: Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija in Petrova Gora, Croatia. Completed in 1981. Socialist monument in former Yugoslavia.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War in Kremenets, Ukraine. Alternative name: World War II Memorial. War memorial, Soviet monument in the former USSR.