Nov 29, 2017 12:26 PM

Yevgen Nikiforov - Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics

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A detail of "Kobzar," a 1964 mosaic by Stepan Kyrychenko and Nadiia Klein at the Shevchenko Cinema in Kiev, Ukraine.
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A sci-fi mosaic from the 1980s adorns an administrative building at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, Yuzhnoukrainsk.

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A family scene by an unknown artist occupies the side of a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.
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The 1977 mosaic "Sunrise" by Ivan Lytovchenko decorates a grocery store in Pripyat.

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Halyna Zubchenko and Hryhorii Pryshedko's "Movement" mosaic from 1969 decorates the Nauka Sport Complex in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Artists Denys Merpert and Iakiv Skrypkov designed this 1967 mosaic for Friendship Square at Artek International Children Center in Gurzuf.

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A 1970s mosaic by an unknown artist covers a building at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, a steel company in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.
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"Lenin and Science" was created in the 1960s by artist Serhii Svitlorusov for the B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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A series of mosaics created between 1968 and 1980 cover 17-27 Peremohy Avenue in Kiev.
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Artists Lel Kuzminkov and Valentyn Konstantinov created "The Sails" in the 1970s for the aquatic sports station in Mariupol, Ukraine.

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A bus station mosaic by an unknown artist in Rezervne, Crimea.
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A 1970s mosaic by Vadym Vasyliev welcomes shoppers into a sporting goods store.

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Stepan Kyrychenko and Roman Kyrychenko designed this 1978 mosaic at the House of Culture in Shevchenkove, Odessaa oblast.
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The 1975 mosaic "Steelmakers" by Lel Kuzminkov and Valentyn Konstantinov at a train station in Mariupol, Ukraine.

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Detail of "Steelmakers" by Lel Kuzminkov and Valentyn Konstantinov.

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