Monument to Borimechka in Klisura, Bulgaria. Completed in 1976 by sculptor, Metodi Izmirliev. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Ram Monument
Ram Monument on the outskirts of Veselinovo, a village in Yambol district of Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Freedom
Monument to Freedom in Stozher, Bulgaria. Created by sculptor Asen Popov. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Cartoon Hotel
Cartoon Hotel in Razgrad, Bulgaria. Completed in 1983. Formerly Hotel-Restaurant Razgrad. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria in Veselinovo (Yambol district). Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Young Miner”
“Young Miner” in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1952 by sculptor, Antonín Ivanský. Communist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
New Town Hall
New Town Hall in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1930. An example of early modernist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Birth of Coal”, former headquarters of the Ostrava-Karviná Mines
“Birth of Coal”, on the former headquarters of the Ostrava-Karviná Mines in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Communist-era bas relief in the former Eastern Bloc.
Arsenal Gallery
Arsenal Gallery in Poznan, Poland Completed in 1962. An example of modernist, Communist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Collegium Novum
Collegium Novum in Poznan, Poland. Completed in 1968. An example of modernist, Communist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the 1876 Uprising
Monument to the 1876 Uprising in Lovech, Bulgaria. Created by sculptor, Georgi Gergov. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Memorial Complex Hristo Botev
The huge Memorial Complex Hristo Botev in Kalofer, Bulgaria. Completed in 1986. Socialist-era memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.