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Soviet Governance Architecture

Administrative buildings — houses of soviets, ministries, courts — positioned on principal squares to render the state visibly present.

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Central Bank of Moldova (former State Bank Building)

Central Bank of Moldova (former State Bank Building)

Abram Vaysbein; Semyon Shoikhet; G. Kalyuszyner.

Chișinău, Moldova·1973
Chisinau Center Court (former Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development, and Environment)

Chisinau Center Court (former Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development, and Environment)

Abram Vaysbein, Semyon Shoikhet, Alexei Chmykhov

Chișinău, Moldova·1980
Central Bank of Moldova Annex

Central Bank of Moldova Annex

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
House of Nationalities - Chisinau

House of Nationalities - Chisinau

Yuri Tumanyan; Victor Yavorsky

Chișinău, Moldova·1982
Administrative Building - Tiraspol

Administrative Building - Tiraspol

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Stalinist Empire
The Business Centre

The Business Centre

Alexandr Boyarchuk

Chișinău, Moldova·1987
Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

Alexandru Cherdantsev; Grigorii Bosenko

Chișinău, Moldova·1976
ACVAPROJECT

ACVAPROJECT

Anatoly Kolotovkin ; Tatiana Lamova

Chișinău, Moldova·1980
Ministry of Internal Affairs

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Chișinău, Moldova·Stalinist Empire
Botanica District Council (former Executive Committee of the Soviet district)

Botanica District Council (former Executive Committee of the Soviet district)

Leonid Voronin, Nadezhda Maltseva

Chișinău, Moldova·1987
State Tax Service - Directorate Chisinau Center

State Tax Service - Directorate Chisinau Center

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
City Hall - Ungheni

City Hall - Ungheni

Ungheni, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Administrative Centre - Balti

Administrative Centre - Balti

Bălți, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
District Council - Cahul

District Council - Cahul

Cahul, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
County Government Office (former Buiucani District Council and originally the Frunze Raion Committee)

County Government Office (former Buiucani District Council and originally the Frunze Raion Committee)

Boris Shpak

Chișinău, Moldova·1969
Ministry of Foreign Affairs PMR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs PMR

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Town Hall - Malcoci

Town Hall - Malcoci

Malcoci, Moldova·Stalinist Empire
Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (former Tiraspol City Committee of the Communist Part of the Soviet Union)

Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (former Tiraspol City Committee of the Communist Part of the Soviet Union)

1983

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Presidential Palace of Moldova (former Presidium of the MSSR Supreme Soviet)

Presidential Palace of Moldova (former Presidium of the MSSR Supreme Soviet)

Yuri Tumanyan; Arkady Zaltsman; Viktor Yavorsky

Chișinău, Moldova·1987
Presidential Palace of Tiraspol

Presidential Palace of Tiraspol

A.V. Norolsky

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·1983
Law Institute Bebri - Tiraspol

Law Institute Bebri - Tiraspol

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova (SIS)

Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova (SIS)

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
House of the Press

House of the Press

Semyon Shoikhet; Abram Vaysbein

Chișinău, Moldova·1967
Registry office - Bender

Registry office - Bender

Bender, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
House of the Soviets

House of the Soviets

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Stalinist Empire
Administrative Building 2 - Chisinau

Administrative Building 2 - Chisinau

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist