former Eastern Bloc Blog Posts

Warsaw Uprising Monument

Warsaw Uprising Monument

by | Jan 15, 2019

Warsaw Uprising Monument in Poland. Completed in 1989 by Jacek Budyn and Wincenty Kućma. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Workers’ Movement Memorial

Workers’ Movement Memorial

by | Jan 13, 2019

Workers’ Movement Memorial, part of Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary. Created in 1976. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Republic of Councils Monument

Republic of Councils Monument

by | Jan 13, 2019

Republic of Councils Monument in Memento Park, Budapest. Completed in 1969. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Palace of Culture and Sports

Palace of Culture and Sports

by | Jan 13, 2019

Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. Completed in 1968 by architect Svilen Enev. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

Mother Albania

Mother Albania

by | Jan 13, 2019

Mother Albania in Tirana. Created in 1971 by sculptors Kristaq Rama, Muntaz Dhrami and Shaban Hadërri. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.

Tesco Store

Tesco Store

by | Jan 12, 2019

Tesco Store in Košice, Slovakia. Completed 1968. Formerly Prior Department Store and K-Mart. Brutalist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

Monument to Paìsiy Hilendàrski

Monument to Paìsiy Hilendàrski

by | Jan 12, 2019

Monument to Paìsiy Hilendàrski in Bansko, Bulgaria. Completed: 1976. Socialist monument to Saint Paisius of Hilendar in the former Eastern Bloc.

Monument to the Poznań Army

Monument to the Poznań Army

by | Jan 9, 2019

Monument to the Poznań Army in Poznań, Poland. Completed in 1982. Modernist style, Communist memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.

Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall

Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall

by | Jan 7, 2019

Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall in Poznań, Poland. Alternative names: Hala widowiskowo-sportowa Arena and Hala Arena. Former Eastern Bloc architecture.

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