Monument to Yeghishe Charents in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Completed in 1985. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
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Komitas Chamber Music House
Komitas Chamber Music House in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1977 by architect Stepan Kyurkchyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
‘Medeya’
Medeya (Daughter of Tsar Kolkhida) in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Created in 1969 by sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili. Soviet sculpture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Great Patriotic War
Monument to the Great Patriotic War (WWII) in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1973. War memorial, Soviet monument 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.
Bus Stop “Fragment of a Dolphin”
Bus Stop “Fragment of a Dolphin” in Gagra, Abkhazia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in Chiatura, Georgia. Soviet-era war monument in the former USSR.
Tbilisi Central Train Station
Tbilisi Central Train Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1988. Brutalist railway station, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Business Centre
Business Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Formerly the House of Political Education. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Glory to Labour Monument
Glory to Labour Monument in Kutaisi, Georgia. Completed in 1980. Bastanashvili. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Boarding House Mayak, Resort Pitsunda
Boarding House Mayak, Resort Pitsunda in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Alternative name: Resort of all-Union, Seven Candles Resort, Boarding House Lighthouse.
Museum of Communications
Telecom Armenia (former AMTC Automatic Long Distance Telephone Station/Intercity Telephone Station). Soviet architecture in the former USSR.