A now-abandoned railway building in Zestafoni, Georgia (Caucasus). Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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Former Cable Car Station ‘Chavchavadze’
Former Cable Car Station ‘Chavchavadze’ in Chiatura, Georgia. Completed in 1963. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1980 by sculptor Hamlet Matinyan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Research Institutes
Scientific Research Institutes in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1983. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial “Black Fence”, part of the Memorial to the Revolutionary, Military and Labour Glory of Railway Workers
Memorial “Black Fence” in Bendery (Bender), Transnistria. Completed in 1969. Soviet-era memorial in the former USSR.
House of Culture named after Pavel Tkachenko
House of Culture named after Pavel Tkachenko in Bendery (Bender), Transnistria. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to the Fighters for State Soviet Power
Monument to the Fighters for State Soviet Power in Bendery (Bender), Transnistria. Completed in 1969. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Art Production Workshop of the Ivano-Frankivsk Organisation of the Union of Ukrainian Artists
Art Production Workshop of the Ivano-Frankivsk Organisation of the Union of Ukrainian Artists, Ukraine. Soviet-era mosaic in the former USSR.
Abandoned Latvia: the secret Soviet town of Irbene
Abandoned Latvia – the secret Soviet town of Irbene. Our visit to a secret Soviet radio telescope and the former closed town of Irbene.
Glory Memorial
Glory Memorial in Vinnytsia (Vinnytsya), west-central Ukraine. Completed in 1958. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Mosaic (Gulias Street)
Mosaic on Gulias Street in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in the 1960s by artist Kukuri Tsereteli. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Wall of the Remembrance
Wall of the Remembrance in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1981 by sculptor Georgy Shkhvatsabaya. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.