Anyone who's ever visited a post-soviet country would've probably noticed some dull and depressing Eastern Bloc apartment buildings. Designed solely for one purpose—to put a roof over the heads of as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new book explores the legacy of an often-overlooked architectural style born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital. Tashkent’s 1974 ...

Some of the more flamboyant architecture of the former Soviet Union had this strange mix of brutalism, gothicism, and googie. Looking at these buildings makes me wonder what a Soviet version of the ...

Built on the perimeter of an open pit mine or on the permafrost fringes of a massive car factory, the company towns of the former Soviet Union are urban developments of economic extremes. With ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the decadent Georgia spa town of Tskaltubo fell off the map. Once an elegant Soviet destination that attracted the elites of the Communist Party, including ...

Moscow plans to relocate more than 150,000 residents into new high-rise buildings by 2024 as it accelerates the pace of the demolition of dilapidated, Soviet-era homes. More than 300 new homes ...

On this episode of American Prestige, Katherine Zubovich on her new book about skyscrapers in Moscow. Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...