Business Insider: The 12 most absurd Soviet-era buildings that are still standingBy Business Insider. Published April 30, 2015 at 2:17 pm Communal workers remove the toppled Soviet-era memorial for Nikolai Rudnev in Kharkiv on April 11, 2015. Photo by AFPMid-20th-century architecture is not remembered fondly anywhere in the world.Read more here.