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Soviet bus stops

by Christopher Herwig

A photographic survey documenting unique bus stop architecture across 13 former Soviet republics. The collection explores the diverse range of public art and mid-century design found from the Black Sea to the Kazakh steppe.

Accession 12898 ISBN 9780993191107 Publisher FUEL Design & Publishing
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