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.
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Elektrenai Ice Palace
Elektrėnai Ice Palace in Lithuania. Completed in 1976 by architects A. Juseviciene and A. Domarackas. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
House of Culture
Soviet-era relief on the outer wall of the House of Culture in Pitsunda, a resort town on the Black Sea Coast in Abkhazia. Former USSR.
House of Unions
House of Unions in Dnipro, a city in eastern Ukraine formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk. Completed in 1978. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Eternity Memorial Complex
Eternity Memorial Complex in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1975. Alternative name Victory Memorial. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Sanatorium Mountain Valley
Mosaic on the side of the Sanatorium Mountain Valley in Borjomi, Georgia. Also refered to as Sanatorium Borjomi. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Eternal Glory Memorial Complex
Eternal Glory Memorial Complex in Lutsk, Ukraine. Completed in 1977 by architect Karabulin Boris Nikolaevich. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR
Former Ballroom, Resort Pitsunda
Former Ballroom at Resort Pitsunda in Abkhazia. Alternative names Resort of all-Union and Seven Candles Resort. Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Mother Armenia
Mother Armenia in Yerevan. Completed in 1967 by Rafael Israelyan (architect) and Ara Harutyunyan (sculptor). Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Amra Pier
Amra Pier in Sukhumi, capital of the de facto republic of Abkhazia. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Laguna Vere Sports Centre
Laguna Vere Sports Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Also known as Leminsky Komsomol Central Water and Sports Complex. Soviet mosaic in the former USSR.