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Abandoned Sovietera sanatorium architecture in Tskaltubo by photographer Ryan Koopmans
In post-USSR Russia and neighbouring states, places now abandoned offer reminders of the region's turbulent history, from the grandeur of a ruined Orthodox church, to the frescos that still.
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Buzludzha Bulgaria's Abandoned Soviet Monument Unusual Places
But there's a catch: It's not real.
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41 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Soviet Buildings Mental Floss
Across the vastness of Russia—the world's largest country, at some 6.6 million square miles—and over the span of its long history, countless houses, factories, churches, villages, military bases,.
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41 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Soviet Buildings Mental Floss
People say that the Soviet town of Pyramiden was abandoned overnight. In reality, however, the desertion occurred over a period of months. But a visitor arriving in Pyramiden in the fall of.
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41 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Soviet Buildings Mental Floss
1. Lighthouse on Cape Aniva, Sakhalin Anastasia / @ nakifaria This old lighthouse in the middle of a raging ocean was built in 1939, when this southern part of Sakhalin belonged to Japan. The last.
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Unfinished and Abandoned Khovrino Hospital in Moscow · Russia Travel Blog
Rebecca Litchfield / Rebecca Litchfield Rebecca Bathory stepped into her first abandoned building, a Victorian asylum, in 2005. Today she travels the world, taking pictures of broken and.
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A Rare Look At The Abandoned Military Bases Of The USSR Business Insider
While these abandoned Soviet-era and Soviet-friendly monuments have succumbed to time and natural elements, they remind us of the transformative and lasting power of ideas — both good and bad: A communist statue in the tiny town of Zimnitsa, Bulgaria. Niš, Serbia. Kosmaj, Serbia. Kruševo, Macedonia. Jasenovac, Croatia. Košute, Croatia.
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Reference Pack 470 photos of Abandoned Soviet Health Resort by atenitsky. An abandoned building
2,039 likes, 16 comments - stepegphotography on January 11, 2024: "Radio-Optical Telescope control room, built between 1975 and 1985. Orgov, Armenia. Photo: Stefano."
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Buzludzha Bulgaria's Abandoned Soviet Monument Unusual Places
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Stark Images of Abandoned Soviet Military Bases History Hit
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Abandoned Sovietera sanatorium architecture in Tskaltubo by photographer Ryan Koopmans
Secret cities that cannot be found on maps, forgotten scientific triumphs, abandoned buildings of almost inhuman complexity. The perfect technocratic future that never came." The striking.
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Beautiful abandoned Soviet architecture. Photo by Laurent Burnier [OS] [1024 x 682]. r
20 Jan 2022 Mural dedicated to Lenin. Soviet Union propaganda can be found in many abandoned military bases. Image Credit: Philip Game/Alamy Stock Photo Against the backdrop of World War Two and the Cold War, the Soviet Union embarked on a programme of rapid military expansion outside of its borders.
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Buzludzha Bulgaria's Abandoned Soviet Monument Unusual Places
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. Pripyat, Ukraine
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41 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Soviet Buildings Mental Floss
The Forbidden City: inside the abandoned Soviet camp of Wünsdorf Headquarters to the Nazis and then the Soviets, the East German military camp of Wünsdorf was once home to 75,000 Soviet men,.
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Amazing abandoned Soviet building in Buzludzha, Bulgaria. The Buzludzha Monument. woahdude
10. One of many Soviet-era cinemas that lie abandoned across Russia. 11. Poland is also full of many communist era abandoned buildings, such as this hospital. 12. This is Skrunda, a secret town located in Latvia. It housed a Soviet radar station that was supposed to monitor all of Western Europe.
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24 Mysterious and Haunting Abandoned Buildings from The Soviet Union
Abandoned Soviet architecture is a subject that touches on history, politics, and art. The photographs in this series seek to capture the soul of these buildings and recall their historical importance. They invite the viewer to reflect on the past, present, and future of these places while celebrating their beauty in decay.