Monument to Textile Factory Workers in Gyumri, Armenia. Completed in 1964 by sculptor Tereza Mirzoyan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
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Gintaras Sanatorium
Gintaras Sanatorium on the outskirts of Palanga in Lithuania. Completed in 1990. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Ortachala Bus Station
Ortachala (Central) Bus Station in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1973. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War in Kamianets-Podilskyi, a medieval city in western Ukraine. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Agrarnyy Institut
Mosaic entitled “Horsepower” on the front of the Agrarnyy Institut in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
“October” (Arman Cinema)
Bas-relief titled “October” on the side of the Arman Cinema in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Created in 1967. Soviet relief in the former USSR.
Kond Pedestrian Tunnel
Kond Pedestrian Tunnel in Yerevan, Armenia Completed in 1936 by architect Alexander Tamanyan. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Eternal Flame (National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War)
Eternal Flame (National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War) in Kyiv. Soviet memorial in the former USSR.
Memorial “For graduates of the Kyiv special schools – participants of the Second World War”
Memorial “For graduates of the Kyiv special schools – participants of the Second World War” in Kyiv, Ukraine. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Ameriabank CJSC
Ameriabank CJSC in Dilijan, Armenia. Completed in the 1970s. Formerly the QaghSovet buidling. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Victory Monument
Victory Monument in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Completed in 1985. Architects V. Lyzenko and V. Bukhaev. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Cinema Belarus
Cinema Belarus in Brest. The building used to be the city’s main synagogue before it became a cinema. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.