“Sun” Fountain in Visaginas, Lithuania. Designed in the 1970s by architect Yuri Vuyma. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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Monument to the Four Communists
Monument to the Four Communists at Grūtas Park near Druskininkai, Lithuania. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Apartment Building
Apartment Building in Visaginas, Lithuania. Designed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Former Military Housing
A now-abandoned Military Housing Unit in Irbene, Latvia. Completed in the early 1970s. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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.
