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The book features 90 Soviet buildings photographed across the former USSR, each constructed between 1970 and 1990. With its mix of local exoticism, outlandish architectural ideas, and a puzzle of styles, the collection documents a remarkable period of late Soviet design. The structures serve as physical records of a fallen ideology, ranging from the otherworldly to the boldly experimental.
Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed features 90 Soviet buildings throughout the former USSR, each built between 1970 and 1990. It is a journey through time. With local exoticism, outlandish ideas, and a puzzle of styles, these weird and wonderful buildings are unearthly reminders of a fallen ideology.
