Stalinism Abroad and at Home

Here are three photos of good old-fashioned Stalinist architecture, but only two of them are from former Communist countries. See if you can spot the one from here at home, and guess where.  (Answer key below.)

Soviet building copy

Poland building copy

Berkeley

The first one is from the old Soviet Union. The second one is from Poland. The final one is found on . . . the U.C. Berkeley campus. Figures.

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