My first experience with a Soviet sanatorium was back in Sukhum, Abkhazia in 2013. I had booked a place on Couchsurfing to stay that ran me $1 (free accommodation was illegal at the time in Abkhazia so the hosts were mandated to charge something) and upon my arrival in the city, I was unable to […]
Category Archives: Soviet History & Architecture
Soviet History & Architecture, Inspiration
Post Soviet Tourism: 20 Former USSR Cities You Should Visit in 2023
It’s no secret that a big portion of this blog talks about traveling through post-Soviet countries and cities. I have spent most of my life being fascinated by the region and how diverse places and cities can be. I also have an affinity for concrete, drastic landscapes, and good food- which, with the exception of […]
Ukraine, Soviet History & Architecture, Things to Do
Thoughts and Photos from My Time in Chernobyl and Pripyat
My first trip to Ukraine was all the way back in 2011. I say ‘all the way’ back because, unless you have been ignoring all major world news in recent years, you surely have heard about the revolution that took place in Ukraine and is still unraveling today. Ukraine in 2011 is a very […]
I knew very little about Dnipro (formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk) before heading there despite trying to actively seek information about the Ukrainian city. One thing I did know, however, was that the city was littered with abandoned buildings (in Russia and some of the CIS countries, they refer to urban exploration and the interest in […]
One of the most interesting pieces of architecture that I’ve come across in my travels are Soviet circus buildings. This post rounds up some of the circuses of the Soviet Union that I have visited throughout the years with a little bit of background on each. Foreword: I don’t like circuses. In fact, I can […]
Soviet History & Architecture, Inspiration, Russia
6 Must-Have Soviet Architecture Books for Your Coffee Table
If you come and hang out at my apartment, you will be quick to realize that I have a coffee table full of Soviet architecture books and a bookshelf filled with other types of reads that pertain to the same era. These are my favorite books about Soviet architecture that you can order for yourself […]