A now-abandoned Military Housing Unit in Irbene, Latvia. Completed in the early 1970s. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Completed in 1935 by sculptor Karlis Zale. War memorial in the former USSR.
Daugavpils Secondary School No. 10
Secondary School No. 10 in Daugavpils, a city in south-eastern Latvia. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Gas Station
Gas Station in Karosta, a former Russian naval base and neighbourhood of Liepāja, Latvia. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Furniture Store
Furniture Store in Kuldiga, a town in western Latvia, part of the Baltic States. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Jacques Lipchitz
Monument to Jacques Lipchitz in Druskininkai, a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Nemunas Sanatorium
The now-abandoned Nemunas Sanatorium in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Constructed between 1966 and 1970. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Grūtas Park (Druskininkai), Lithuania. Completed in 1952 by sculptor N. Tomskis. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Apartment Building
An example of a Khrushchyovka (apartment building) in Karosta, a neighbourhood of Liepāja, Latvia. Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre in Irbene, Latvia. Orginally established in 1967 by the Soviet Military. Former USSR.
Monument to the Liberators of Rēzekne
Monument to the Liberators of Rēzekne in Latvia. Completed in 1974 by sculptors O. Silins and O. Kalejs. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Aqua Park
Aqua Park (formerly Druskininkai Hydrotherapy Centre) in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Completed in 1979. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
