Just a quick update, mainly for the benefit of people like Pete who want to gaze longingly into a post-Soviet landscape that they will likely never visit in person. On my (now rather short) walk to work, I decided to take a few pics of a couple of buildings near my school, on the same 'campus' if you like. They struck me when I first saw them, so I'm sure they'll be interesting to you.

Talk about Soviet simplicity. It's a monster. All solid square blocks. The blocks of flats don't look all that different, but damn, no room for European curves and arches.






And here's the building situated next to it (you can see a hint of the previous one on the left of the pic). Very similar design. I'm sure the inside is just as beautiful.






Finally, a shot of the side of the previous building. A little blurry as there's trees in the way - and a man too! Run away! He'll think I'm a Russian spy or something.