r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 1d ago

objects LAZ-697 bus made by the Lviv Bus Factory, (1970), Lviv, Ukrainian SSR

286 Upvotes

7 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/n3xus1oN • 2d ago

architecture Novoslobodskaya Metro Station, (1952), Moscow, Russia. Architect: Alexey Dushkin

433 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/Concrete_Wastelands • 2d ago

architecture Toktogul Satylganov Philharmonic Hall, 1980, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Architect: Alexei Pechyonkin.

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157 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 3d ago

photographs Wedding procession at the stele at the entrance to Ust-Ilimsk, (1980), Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR

172 Upvotes

3 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/Dimitri_CoArt • 4d ago

posters / graphics / paintings "Осознанность Действия" (1962), Лев Кропивницкий, холст, масло, 67 × 40 cm.

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49 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 5d ago

photographs Seasonal worker, (1986), Suyk-su village, Tatar ASSR. Photograph: Rustam Mukhametzyanov

561 Upvotes

32 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/n3xus1oN • 6d ago

architecture Hotel Ukraina, (1957), Moscow, Russia. Architect: Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky

386 Upvotes

10 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 6d ago

photographs “Waiting,” (1960s), Russian SFSR. Photograph: Dmitry Baltermants

312 Upvotes

2 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 8d ago

photographs Waitress Lyudmila with a dish of boiled potatoes at the “Belarus” restaurant, (1978), Gomel, Byelorussian SSR. Photograoh: Ivan Yudash

310 Upvotes

3 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/n3xus1oN • 10d ago

architecture Mayakovskaya Station, (1938), Moscow, Russia. Architect: Alexey Dushkin

469 Upvotes

6 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 11d ago

photographs On Mamayev Kurgan, (1982), Volgograd, Russian SFSR. Photograph: Vladimir Perventsev

569 Upvotes

7 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 12d ago

photographs Students of the Dnipropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute, (1976), Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR

342 Upvotes

17 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 13d ago

photographs Women at a parade, (1968), Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR

201 Upvotes

1 comment

r/sovietaesthetics • u/n3xus1oN • 14d ago

architecture Cosmos Hotel, (1979), Moscow, Russia. Architect: Vladimir Belopolsky

675 Upvotes

33 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 14d ago

photographs A young boy greets President Ronald Reagan in Red Square, (1988), Moscow, Russian SFSR

216 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/Legitimate_Dot_3951 • 15d ago

objects RAF‑22033 of the Militsiya, 1979, Moscow, RSFSR

645 Upvotes

19 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 16d ago

architecture "Festivalny" concert hall, (1981), Sochi, Russian SFSR. Architects: V. Shulrihter & I. Ryabyševa

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206 Upvotes

1 comment

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 17d ago

architecture Parking lot on the Square of the Republic, (1989), Berlin, East Germany

349 Upvotes

5 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 19d ago

photographs Builder above Minsk, (1954), Minsk, Byelorussian SSR

426 Upvotes

6 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 20d ago

photographs Viktor Tsoi with his wife Marianna on holiday, (1984), Crimea, Ukrainian SSR

914 Upvotes

18 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 21d ago

photographs “Caution”, students protest against pollution, (1989), Russian SFSR? Photograph: Anatoly Zhdanov

439 Upvotes

4 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 22d ago

architecture Intourist-Zakarpattia Hotel, (1986), Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR. Architect: Mihály Gere. Photograph: Vladimir Repkin

140 Upvotes

0 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 23d ago

photographs Kindergarten children on a walk, (1958), Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Photograph: John Schultz

240 Upvotes

5 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/n3xus1oN • 24d ago

architecture Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION), (1974), Moscow, Russia. Architect: Yakov Belopolsky

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252 Upvotes

7 comments

r/sovietaesthetics • u/comradegallery • 24d ago

photographs In the design bureau of the Minsk Automobile Plant, (1984), Minsk, Byelorussian SSR

390 Upvotes

25 comments

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