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Cinema House

Cinema House

Cinema House in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1974. Formerly the House of Cinematography. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Hotel National

Hotel National

Hotel National (formerly Hotel Intourist) in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1978 and now abandoned. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Former Restaurant Sēnīte

Former Restaurant Sēnīte

Former Restaurant Sēnīte on the Vidzeme highway near Murjāņi, Latvia. Completed in 1967. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Transport Mosaic

Transport Mosaic

Mosaic on the wall of a former Lviv Automobile Factory maintenance depot in Kremenets, Ukraine. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.

Lviv State Circus

Lviv State Circus

Lviv State Circus in western Ukraine. Completed in 1969. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Monument to the Liberation

Monument to the Liberation

Monument to the Liberation in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1969 by V. Naumov, N. Epelbaum and L. Dubinovskiy. Soviet war memorial in the former USSR.

Ukraina Cinema and Concert Hall

Ukraina Cinema and Concert Hall

Ukraina Cinema and Concert Hall in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1963. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Sanatorium Sakartvelo

Sanatorium Sakartvelo

Quasi-abandoned Sanatorium Sakartvelo in Tskaltubo, Georgia. Completed in 1983. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

Dnepropetrovsk Hotel

Dnepropetrovsk Hotel

Dnepropetrovsk Hotel in Dnipro, Ukraine. Completed in 1969. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.

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