A photo essay featuring twenty-five of the most impressive communist monuments and memorials in Bulgaria.
Socialist-era memorial Blog Posts
Monument to Victory
Monument to Victory in Constanţa, Romania. Completed in 1968 by sculptor Boris Caragea. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Podgrmeč Museum and Memorial Fountain
Spomenik: Podgrmeč Museum and Memorial Fountain in Jasenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Completed in 1979. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Path to Martyrdom, Dotrščina Memorial Park
Spomenik: Path to Martyrdom, part of Dotrščina Memorial Park in Zagreb, Croatia. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Stone Sleeper Monument, Šumarice Memorial Park
Spomenik: Stone Sleeper Monument, part of Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Bubanj Memorial Park
Spomenik: Bubanj Memorial Park in Niš, Serbia. Completed 1963 by architects Mihajlo Mitrović and Ivan Sabolić. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Memorial to the Soviet Army
Memorial to the Soviet Army in Shumen, Bulgaria. Completed in 1948 by sculptor A. Zankov. Socialist war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Šušnjar Memorial Complex
Spomenik: Šušnjar Memorial Complex in Sanski Most, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Completed in 1970 by Petar Krstić. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Stone Flower
Spomenik: Stone Flower in Jasenovac, Croatia. Completed in 1966 by Bogdan Bogdanović. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina
Spomenik: Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina in Podgarić, Croatia. Completed in 1967. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
‘Broken Ring’
Spomenik: ‘Broken Ring’ in Pleso, Croatia. Completed in 1978 by architect Marijan Burger. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Memorial Mother
Memorial Mother in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Orginally completed in 1961 and remodelled in 1974. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.