Mosaic of Avicenna in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Created in 1988 by artists Alexander Grigorov and Ilya Ilyaev. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
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Medeu Highland Skating Rink
Medeu Highland Skating Rink near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1972. Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Kazakh State Circus
Kazakh State Circus in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1972. Modernist style circus typical of Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
1980 Olympic (Misha) mosaic
1980 Olympic (Misha) mosaic in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Created in the late 1970s to celebrate the Olympic mascot, Misha. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
State Tajikistan Circus
State Tajikistan Circus in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Central Asia. Completed in 1976; Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
State Museum of Fine Arts
State Museum of Fine Arts in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1974. Brutalist, Soviet-era architecture, in the former USSR.
Wedding Palace
Wedding Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Central Asia. An example of Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR, completed in 1971.
Kazakh State Academic Drama Theatre named after M.O. Auezov
Kazakh State Academic Drama Theatre named after M.O. Auezov in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Also known as Auezov Theatre. Brutalist architecture in the former USSR.
Hotel Kazakhstan
Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty. Constructed between 1974 and 1978. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR, now Central Asia.
Philharmonia
Kyrgyz National Philharmonia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1980. Brutalist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Concert Palace of Dushanbe
Concert Palace of Dushanbe in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Central Asia. Completed in1984; an example of Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Bishkek Wedding Palace
Wedding Palace in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1987. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.