Nor Arabkir Memorial Complex
Nor Arabkir Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1985 by sculptor G. Ghambarian. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan
Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan in central Armenia. Completed in 1979 by architect Rafael Irsraelyan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Yerevan Cascade Complex
Yerevan Cascade Complex in Armenia. Architects J. Torosyan, A. Mkhitaryan and S. Gurzadyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Iron Fountain
Iron Fountain in Gyumri, Armenia. Constructed in 1982 on the original site of the Polytechnic University. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Cinema Rossiya
Cinema Rossiya in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1975. Lead architect Artur Tarkhanyan. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
In photos: Abandoned swimming pools
Urban exploration at some of the world’s forsaken swimming pools Of all the derelict places we find, swimming pools have to be one of the most alluring. It’s not always that easy to visualise what an abandoned location would have been like before it became...