Red Urbex: Ghost Buildings of the Eastern Bloc

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  • Premiered: Oct 2019
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Season 1
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East Germany: The Red Army Vanishes
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Oct 01, 2019
The Russian military base at Wunsdorf near Berlin was abandoned after the Berlin Wall fell. When the Soviet soldiers returned to Russia, they left behind a ghost town of the Cold War era.
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Bulgaria: Communism's UFO
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Oct 01, 2019
This masterpiece of brutalist architecture was built in 1981 in the middle of the Bulgarian mountains under the leadership of Todor Jivkov. It was a near-sacred place during the era of Bulgarian communism, but now it's fallen into near-ruin.
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Croatia: Tito's Last Folly
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Oct 01, 2019
It now stands forgotten on a Croatian mountain, but this steel monument that took 7 years to build was to remember the uprising of the people against fascism in the former Yugoslavia.
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Georgia: Stalin's Secret Sanatorium
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Oct 01, 2019
Tskaltubo, Georgia, is now a shadow of what it once was; one of the most popular Soviet spas. Stalin enjoyed coming here. But now, it's fallen into disuse and disrepair. These ruins .. show full overview
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Albania: The Tyrant's Pyramid
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Oct 01, 2019
In Tirana, the monument was erected in 1988 in honour of the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. Now, it's an empty mausoleum. After the fall of the regime, the statues were broken, and the building looted.
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Moldova: Ghosts of the Soviet Circus
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Oct 01, 2019
Inaugurated in 1981 by the Soviet authorities, the circus of Chisinau was designed as a braided basket of concrete. It's become an iconic building in the heart of the Moldavian capital.
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Moldova: The Colossal Communist Tower
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Oct 01, 2019
Nicknamed the "corn cob" for its circular shape, this brutalist Moldovan tower was built in 1986 to provide temporary accommodation. It was supposed to last a hundred years but it's .. show full overview
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Belgrade: A Brutalist Jewel
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Oct 15, 2019
This brutalist skyscraper was built in 1977 for a large Yugoslavian company, Genex. Described as "the ugliest building in the world", this incredible brutalist skyscraper is loved and hated in Belgrade in equal measure.

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