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Soviet Architecture

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek Circus

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

The 'Golden Brains'

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Sokol

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Almaly, Kazakhstan

Bayzhansay Ghost Town

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

Sillamäe, Estonia

Sillamäe

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

Malinska, Croatia

Abandoned Haludovo Palace Hotel

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus

Mound of Glory

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Druzhba

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

Sukhumi, Georgia

Abandoned Council of Ministries Building

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

soviet architecture

Peeling Back the History of Soviet Wallpaper

What do the walls of abandoned Soviet-era apartments look like?

Anika Burgess November 11, 2016

Bratislava, Slovakia

UFO of Bratislava

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

Nowa Huta

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned City of Pripyat

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A Whirlwind Tour of Space Race Relics

Places left behind by Americans and Soviets in the race to the stars.

Molly McBride Jacobson August 12, 2016

Inside the Abandoned Ruins of a Ukrainian 'Palace of Culture'

Built in 1932, the massive building is now in ruins.

Lucas Vogt and Artem Kolomoiets August 5, 2016