Köningsberg

I was in Kaliningrad in the last days of October 2017, and the House of Soviets caught my attention since I arrived in the city. The building can be found in the middle of the central square of Kaliningrad, close to where the Königsberg Castle used to be but not quite there. The House of Soviets was built over the moat of the castle, and you can clearly see this in the following picture. There you can look at the ruins of the castle and the abandoned building in the back.

Visiting the House of Soviets in Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad, Russia
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The House of Soviets is a huge brutalist building located right in the middle of Kaliningrad. There is no other construction in the city as large as this one so it can be seen from everywhere which is a stain in the cityscape for many Russians.
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