Communist Architecture

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

A deserted site of Yugoslav remembrance.

A Soviet-style monument, built after transferring the remains of heroes from their graves.

While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

Now a ruin, this grand resort was coveted by a communist autocrat and an eccentric Japanese golfer.

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

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