Isle of Tears // Minsk // Belarus
The memorial unveiled in 1996 and initialy dedicated to the loss in conflict involving Soviet forces in Afghanistan (1979 – 1988) has rightly become a monument to all sons and daughters of Belarus, who died in the battles of all times.
The Lenin of Independence Square // Belarus
The Lenin statue of Independence Square, standing in front of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus // Minsk // Belarus
Soviet modernism + Soviet brutalism // Georgia
Soviet modernism + Soviet modernism + Soviet brutalism // Georgia
Colorful Commie Blocks // Georgia
We must select a smaller number of standard designs .. and conduct our mass building programs using only these designs over the course of, say, five years .. and if no better designs turn up, then continue in the same way for the next five years. What’s wrong with this approach, comrades?
Nikita Khrushchev
The space jockey // Georgia
Escape from a HR Giger dream … The space jockey @ Museum of Archaeology // Tbilisi // Georgia
Not exactly Checkpoint Charlie // Abkhazia
Since the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict (1989–present) the old bridge over the enguri River is de Facto the DMZ between Georgia and the breakaway state of Abkazhia.
Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex // Armenia
Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex // Yerevan // Armenia
(Armenian: Կարեն Դեմիրճյանի անվան Մարզահամերգային Համալիր)
We love Abkhazia // Abkhazia
We love Abkhazia – Roadsign on the way to lake Ritsa // Abkhazia
Nutsubidze plato ‘s iconic sky bridge // Georgia
Tbilisi Nutsubidze plato ‘s iconic sky bridge Sky Bridge // Georgia
The Chronicle of Georgia // Georgia
Started in 1985 under soviet regime, and still partially incomplete, the massive monument overlooks the caucasian city of Tbilisi . Composed of 30 meter tall columns, the georgian “stonehenge” features the stories of ancient queens, heroes and kings of the kingdom of sakartvelo while the bottom panels depict episodes from the life of the Christ.