When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics cease to subsist in 1991 , propaganda artistic production began to vanish , and once - grand societal realist wall painting , reliefs and all style of mosaics have dwindled . But in the Republic of Kazakhstan , locals still walk the streets under the alert eye of five - narrative marvellous cosmonauts , workers , engineers , scientists .
The Kazakh interlingual rendition of Esquire recentlypublishedan amazing set of photos from the body politic ’s largest province , Karagandy — an area plausibly best eff as the landing site of Russian space vehicle . consort to the clause , some of these monumental whole caboodle are decaying , because they are n’t protected by cultural heritage laws .
At the same prison term , some of these mural are still first-class shape — immortalise a now - null vision of a heroic Soviet future .
Unity of the working class, a large-scale mosaic on the wall of the House of Unions in the center of Karaganda, the capital of Karagandy Province.
Photo : Esquire Kazakhstan
Battleship Aurora leads the working class, a nice combination of mosaics and bas-relief in Karaganda.
Merry cosmonauts of the Soviet Union, presumably Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky (members of the Vostok-5 and Vostok-6 joint mission)—a relief on the facade of the administrative center of Karaganda.
A miner gestures into the future in this mural made of colored glass and ceramic tiles at the entrance of the Dolinskaya mine, in Karaganda.
A mosaic depicts the harmony of peoples and science in this mural, on the side of the House of Culture in Karkaralinsk.
A glittering glass mosaic shows a miner in Aktas, Karaganda.
This heroic bas-relief sits on the wall of a former water plant in Karaganda. Its sculptor, Yury Hummel, now lives in Germany.
Several years ago, this mosaic of Yuri Gagarin—the Soviet Union’s first cosmonaut to enter space—was completely painted over during the restoration of this building, in Karaganda.
Fortunately, this artwork was later recovered and restored.
picture : Wassily / Wikimedia Commons
A red and blue mural decorates the facade of the Stanislavsky Karaganda State Russian Drama Theatre.
Builders of the future: These mosaics on the wall of the House of the Unions and the Tsentrkaznedra building in Karaganda are still in excellent condition.
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