sosbrutalism:The Rossiya Cinema was the largest cinema in Armenia, accommodating 2500 visitors. Afte

sosbrutalism:

The Rossiya Cinema was the largest cinema in Armenia, accommodating 2500 visitors. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the cinema was abandoned, and then in the 1990s, became a commercial and shopping centre. Nevertheless, it is one of the few brutalist gems that still exists.

Spartak Khachikyan / Hrachik Poghosyan / Artur Tarkhanyan: Cinema Rossiya, Yerevan, Armenia, 1968–1975

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Photos: © Bernhard Wanker 2021