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Moscow Circus, Russia

August 11, 2017

Built: 1972 Architects: Y Belopol’sky, Y Vulykh, S Feoktistov Location: https://goo.gl/maps/LZpNbb1yQ5o Photographed: April 2016

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Danilovsky Market, Moscow, Russia

August 11, 2017

Built: 1986 Architects: N Kancheli Location: https://goo.gl/maps/sh53qcDK5VK2 Photographed: April 2016

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Bolshaya Tulskaya Complex, Moscow, Russia

August 11, 2017

Built: 1986 Architects: Vladimir Badad, V L Voskresensky, L V Smirnova Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ZQLG9zRSe1G2 Photographed: April 2016

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Shevchenko Park Theatre, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

August 11, 2017

Built: late 1977 Architects: P R Nirinberg Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ziLXYPHzvuo Photographed: October 2016

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Cinema Moscow, Minsk, Belarus

October 22, 2016

Built: 1980 Architects: Viktor Kramarenko, Mikhail Vinogradov, Vladimir Shcherbina Location: https://goo.gl/maps/68F3Lf9Et6q Photographed: May 2016

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Lenin Hills Escalator, Moscow, Russia

October 22, 2016

Built: 1959 Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/VYWwCquwcoM2 Photographed: April 2016

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Sotsgorod, Zaporizhia, Ukraine

October 22, 2016

Built: 1929-1932 Architects: Nikolai Kolli, Viktor Vesnin, G M Orlov, V G Lavrov, et al. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/CYJ9FcSqjMN2 Photographed: October 2016

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Restaurant Mayak, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

October 22, 2016

Built: late 1970s? Architects: Elvina Davydova Location: https://goo.gl/maps/mP5cMCXRit32 Photographed: October 2016  

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House of Aviators ‘The Centipede’, Moscow, Russia

May 28, 2016

Built: 1978 Architects: Andrei Meyerson Location: https://goo.gl/maps/aaZVJQBYhEA2 Photographed: April 2016

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Komsomolsky, Russia

May 24, 2016

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/uscNHT5nxE92 Photographed: April 2016

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Vorkuta, Russia

May 22, 2016

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/EpN9VfQrGdq Photographed: April 2016

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Nemiga Boulevard, Minsk, Belarus

May 13, 2016

Built: 1971+ Architects: Dmitry Kudryavtsev, Lija Kadzhar, Sergey Musinsky Location: https://goo.gl/maps/qRXzppcnii62 Photographed: May 2016

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Zvartnots Airport Terminal, Yerevan, Armenia

January 2, 2016

Built: 1980 Architects: Levon Cherkezyan, Spartak Khachikyan, Zhorzh Shekhlyan, Artur Tarkhanyan Location: https://goo.gl/maps/bFqYoMNAqrp Photographed: May 2015  

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Hotel Slavutich, Kiev, Ukraine

January 2, 2016

Built: 1968 Architects: B Ladnii, G Kulchitskii. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/Zs7fZeRxoe62 Photographed: May 2015

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Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine

January 2, 2016

Built: 1973-1990 Architects: V Ladny, M Budilovsky, L Kolomiets. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/nHBYTbsZaEN2 Photographed: May 2015

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VDNKh, Kiev, Ukraine

January 2, 2016

Built: Various Architects: Various Location: https://goo.gl/maps/y8nPmWBEpuH2 Photographed: May 2015

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Vernadsky National Library, Kiev, Ukraine

January 2, 2016

Built: 1976-1989 Architects: V Gopkalo, V Grechona, J Piskovsky, V Kolomiyets, L Prutsakova Location: https://goo.gl/maps/TUF3kQGcBUy Photographed: January and May 2015  

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Hotel Tourist, Kiev, Ukraine

January 2, 2016

Built: 1978? Architects: V Gopkalo, V Grechina, V Kolomiets, V Peskovsky? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/iero2HyKE5U2 Photographed: May 2015

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Yerevan Cascade, Armenia

January 2, 2016

Built: 1975-2000 Architects: Sargis Gurzadyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan, Jim Torosyan. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/K21K8EkXDp52 Photographed: May 2015  

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Alaverdi Cable Car, Armenia

January 2, 2016

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/xQiQNNTLxgm Photographed: May 2015

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House of Writers Canteen, Sevan, Armenia

January 2, 2016

Built: 1969 Architects: Gevorg Kochar. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/NquXBihtVXt Photographed: May 2015

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Northern Bus Station, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/8Nkxve2KkVC2 Photographed: May 2015

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Polytechnic Institute, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/gbi8ZvmAyrK2 Photographed: May 2015

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Institute of Stones and Silicates, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/pWnKpYvfhdq Photographed: May 2015

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Sports and Concert Complex, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: 1984 Architects: Spartak Khachikyan, Koryun Hakobyan, Gurgen Musheghyan, Hrachik Poghosyan, Artur Tarkhanyan. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ZN3woN7pfjw Photographed: May 2015

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Yeritasardakan Metro Station, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: 1981 Architects: Spartak Kntekhtsyan, Stepan Kyurkchyan? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/bNNvkRab5qB2 Photographed: May 2015

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Komitas Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: 1978 Architects: Stepan Kyurkchyan Location: https://goo.gl/maps/YPM5J94mPQA2 Photographed: May 2015

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Cable Car Station, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ynxoFqpbHQU2 Photographed: May 2015

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House of Chess Players, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: 1970 Architects: Zhanna Mesheryakova Location: https://goo.gl/maps/AsHRCPk5Ghr Photographed: May 2015

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Cinema Rossiya, Yerevan, Armenia

January 1, 2016

Built: 1975 Architects: Spartak Khachikyan, Hrachik Poghosyan, Artur Tarkhanyan. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/SXKmwSvnrw92 Photographed: May 2015  

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Zaliznychnyi Market, Kiev, Ukraine

January 1, 2016

Built: 1973 Architects: Alla Anishchenko Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ujDasjh84M72 Photographed: May 2015

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Zhytniy Market, Kiev, Ukraine

December 31, 2015

Built: 1982 Architects: Valentyn Shtolko, O. Monina. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/ZkJvrjXTmUr Photographed: January and May 2015

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Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, Kiev, Ukraine

December 31, 2015

Built: 1971 Architects: L. Novikov, F. Yuriev. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/2uRNE8bFaU82 Photographed: May 2015

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Pyongyang (various), North Korea

December 31, 2015

Photographed: April 2012

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Vinogradar District, Kiev, Ukraine

December 30, 2015

Built: 1972-1991 Architects: Eduard Bilsky, et al. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/6DCJukqSEGH2 Photographed: May 2015

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Hotel Salyut, Kiev, Ukraine

December 30, 2015

Built: 1984 Architects: Avraam Miletskyi, N. Slogotska, Volodymyr Shevchenko. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/NJYy3E2CUtu Photographed: May 2015  

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Hanggu Hotel, Nampo, North Korea

December 30, 2015

Built: ?? Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/qPePgSsYnRt Photographed: April 2012

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Ryanggang Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

December 30, 2015

Built: 1989 Architects: ?? Location: https://goo.gl/maps/Qxe4P9odtcJ2 Photographed: April 2012

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Tbilisi Central Station, Georgia

December 30, 2015

Built: mid-1980s? Architects: Bairamashvili, Kavlashvili, Dzhibladze, Shavdiya. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/6wPWF1cTD6p Photographed: May 2014

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Transcaucasia Power Control Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia

December 30, 2015

Built: ?? Architects: Djanebirdze, Kavlashvili,  Katsitadze. Location: https://goo.gl/maps/osf4GhUTAyu Photographed: May 2014  

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