From Amazing To Downright Scary, These 30 Design Decisions In Soviet Apartment Buildings In Lithuania Are Far From Boring

Anyone who’s ever seen a post-soviet country would’ve probably noticed some dull and chilling Eastern Bloc apartment buildings. Designed exclusively for one purpose–to employ a ceiling over the heads of state or as countless residents as is practicable, as quickly as possible–these structures are definitely not the greatest example of attractiveness architecture. Nonetheless, the people who lived behind the iron curtain learned to utter the most of what they had, and that included decorating the gardens and hallways of these grim suite blocks. Nonetheless, imagination and flavor don’t ever go hand in hand. While we would like to say take a look at these astonishing, captivating, wonderful plots and hallways, all we can actually say is look at these … whimsical gardens and hallways. Of track, this doesn’t apply to all of them because there’s some astonishing ideas in this list as well. But mostly … well, we really don’t want to get your hopes up. Scroll down below. Upvote. Comment. Roast us. You know, the usual.

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64-year-old Kristina Seniauskiene has led viral for her impressive garden-variety in front of the apartment house where she lives. “I work for the praises, ” the wily maid told the regional Tv station. “Throughout “peoples lives”, I have never received as numerous praises as I supposed to do now, ” she computed. Every day, she expends somewhere from 5 to 6 hours working on 60 different bushes in the garden.

She started taking care of the plot 11 years ago. “When I’m working outside with the flowers, I don’t feel any agony, ” she said. “But when I come back, lay down in my bed, my mas starts to get sore. So I feel right now[ outside ]. Just like in childhood–I don’t want to come back home in the evenings, ” she added, smiling. “Every year, she comes up with some brand-new arrangements, ” one neighbor told the TV news station. “We come here like it’s some kind of museum.”

Image credits: Kristina Seniauskiene

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Image credits: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

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Image approvals: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

#4

Image recognitions: Ema Matulionyte

#5

Image ascribes: Bernardas Marsalka

Created on Christmas Eve back in 2018, the Facebook group Laiptiniu puosimo grupe has over 3.5 k members now. The group description indicated that it welcomes everyone who takes care of the decoration of hallways and plots in apartment buildings.

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Image recognitions: Goda Stanionyte

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Image ascribes: Sandra Kasperunaite

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Image credits: Lauksve Krusaite

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Image ascribes: Darija Zakarauskaite

#10

Image approvals: Mantas Zakas

The group Laiptiniu puosimo grupe was founded by Giedre Viliulyte, who is still an admin, and her dad, Giedrius Viliulis( yes, they both have the same name and it’s charming !). When it was created, Giedre and her daddy shared photos of beautifully decorated hallways among their neighbors. However, after Giedrius deleted his Facebook account, his daughter decided to attract more members to the group–and superseded!

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Image recognitions: Roberta Biciunaite

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Image approvals: Elena Krukonyte

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Image credits: Liudvikas Ruksenas

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Image credits: Ieva Nakvisele

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Image credits: Giedrius Poska

“I founded the group along with my papa, Giedrius, back in 2018 liberty before Christmas. We were inspired by the Christmas adornments in our 12 -story apartment building, ” the group administrator, Giedre, told Bored Panda.

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Image credits: Ieva Gvazdaityte

#17 “Please look after my grow until February 7”

Image recognitions: Teodoras Lukosiunas

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Image ascribes: Haide Muziciukaite

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Image approvals: Giedrius Poska

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Image approvals: Liepa Gaidauskaite

“While riding the elevator, it was fun to see all the different emblems on each floor. At first, we invited only close friends and neighbours to the working group with whom we shared photographs of the decoration on our storey, ” Giedre explained.

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Image recognitions: Ausra Lenksaite

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Image credits: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

#23

Image approvals: Evelina Kosmonautika

#24

Image recognitions: Gabriele Dubrovnikaite

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Image credits: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

“This group would ever face-lift my feeling and I wanted to see more posts, specially since current trends of embellishing hallways and garden-varieties in front of apartment buildings is big everywhere in Lithuania, ” the group administrator told Bored Panda. “So, I started brainstorming projects on how I could lure more Lithuanians to the group.”

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Image credits: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

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Image recognitions: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

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Image recognitions: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

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Image recognitions: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

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Image approvals: Laiptiniu puosimo grupe

“I had been following a Lithuanian blogger specified Mahila for a long time, and her sense of humour seemed same to mine so I messaged her about my group and she shared the link to it on her page, ” Giedre said. “That’s when the group really started to bloom! Members started submerge it with photos of their own hallways, little plots, and squares from all around the country, ” she added.

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