10 Soviet buildings that resemble symbols from above (PHOTOS)
Architects and propagandists in the USSR often constructed buildings that would mean something special for its citizens.
1. An unusual building of a kitchen factory in Samara is shaped like a hammer and sickle, a symbol of the USSR. (Read more about this peculiar kitchen factory here.)
2. In Ulan-Ude, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Buryatia, there is a residential complex built in the shape of three ‘C’s. There were plans to erect another building to form the abbreviation of the ‘USSR’ (‘СССР’ in Cyrillic). But, because of the collapse of the country, the project wasn’t completed.
3. In the southern city of Taganrog, there is a residential building in the shape of the letter ‘C’ or a broken ring. According to an urban legend, in the 1930s, there were plans to build three more buildings, which, together, would add up to the abbreviation ‘USSR’.
4. In the early 1930s, a residential house in the style of constructivism appeared in the city of Ivanovo. Its form resembles a horseshoe.
5. And there are two perfect circle houses in Moscow. Before the 1980 Olympics that was held in the Soviet capital, there were plans to build five of them, so that, from above, they would resemble the Olympic rings.
6. Moscow also has a Theater of the Russian Army, which was built in the shape of a five-pointed star.
7. Meanwhile, the shape of St. Petersburg’s Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics resembles a tulip.
8. The Omsk Musical Theater resembles both a grand piano and a ship with a sail, depending from which angle you look at it.
9. The balconies of this hotel in Dombai in the Caucasus Mountains seem to be folded into bee honeycombs.
10. And another unusual hotel in Dombai is quite like a UFO, isn’t it?
