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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe

Last updated on: August 7, 2012 11:44 IST

Image: A women and her dog walks along the frozen river bank in front of the old city at river Elbe in Dresden
Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

Slovenian professor Roman Bezjak has spent the past five years travelling across Eastern Europe, looking for examples of socialist modernism in architecture.

He then turned his experience into a book, Socialist Modernism, which includes photos of hotels, shops and public buildings.

He has kindly agreed to share some of the photos with us.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de

A view of Dnipropet Rovsk in Ukraine.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de

A view of Dresden, Germany.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de

A view of Leipzig, Germany.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de

A view of Most, Czech Republic.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de

A view of Pristina, Kosovo.

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Amazing images of Communist-era Europe


Photographs: Courtesy, hatjecantz.de
A view of Skopje, Macedonia.