13 most ridiculous and strange masterpieces of Soviet architectural thought

Not all historic buildings shine with strict lines and beauty. For example, many people consider the creations of Soviet architects to be frankly ugly and absurd.

Website It introduces the reader to the most outstanding buildings and monuments of the Soviet era, which did not find a response in the souls of people.

"Monument of the Revolution" in the Croatian city of Moslavin is dedicated to the Yugoslav struggle for independence during World War II

Originally, the Georgian Ministry of Highways was located in this house. Today there is a branch of a commercial bank .

© Matt Bateman / Flickr The monument house on the top of Buzludzhi mountain in Bulgaria is dedicated to the exploits of the communists in this country

© KamrenB Photography / Flickr Today, the monument house is abandoned, the building is badly dilapidated and can collapse at any moment

Krakow Hotel Forum, built in the seventies

Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Located in the Macedonian city of Krushevo, the memorial was created in memory of the struggle of the local population with the Ottoman invasion in the early twentieth century

© Vesnamarkoska / Flickr The circus building in Kishenev has been abandoned for more than a decade, but for a long time it was considered one of the best circuses in the USSR

The angular figures of warriors, whose height reaches several tens of meters, were created in 1981. They stand in the Bulgarian town of Shumen and symbolize the formation of Bulgaria as a state .

© Leon Hart / FlickrSanatorium, built in Soviet times in Ukraine, receives guests to this day

Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 This inverted building belongs to Slovak Radio and took sixteen years to build

The building of the scientific center of the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics in St. Petersburg is called the “flower house”

© Aleksandr Zykov / Flickr Memorial dedicated to the struggle of light with darkness, Croatia

Kiev hotel "Salyut", built according to the project of architect Abraham Miletsky

For a long time in Moscow were going to build a grand Palace of Soviets, whose height would be more than five hundred meters. However, due to the outbreak of the war, the project was frozen, and then completely closed .

Wikipedia

via www.businessinsider.com/soviet-buildings-from-the-mid-20th-century-2017-3/#the-monument-to-the-revolution-built-in-croatia-then-yugoslavia-is-an-abstract-sculpture-dedicated-to-the-people-of-moslavina-during-world-war-ii-1