Swimming pool, part of the Strategic Missile Forces and MVO Military Sanatorium in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Abkhazia Blog Posts
Bus Stop “Shell”
Bus Stop “Shell” in Novy Afon, Abkhazia. Completed in 1967. 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.
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.
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.
Boarding House Bzyb, Resort Pitsunda
Boarding House Bzyb at Pitsunda Resort in Abkhazia. Alternative name: Seven Candles Resort and Resort of all-Union. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Abandoned Abkhazia: The Sanatorium of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR
Our exploration of Abkhazia’s neglected and plundered structures continued with a visit to the nearby Sanatorium of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR.
Sukhumi Sea Port
Sukhumi Sea Port (marina) in Abkhazia, Caucasus. Constructed in the 1980s. Brutalist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Tkvarcheli Railway Station
Tkvarcheli Railway Station in Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia. Genre: Stalinist Empire style, abandoned Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Bus Stop “Hippodrome”
Bus Stop “Hippodrome” in Bzypta, Abkhazia. Completed in 1976. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Brigantina Mosaic
‘Brigantina’ Mosaic in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Completed in 1970 by artist Givi Gergaya. Also known as ‘Red Rider’. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.