Tbilisi: Soviet Architecture of the 20th Century — from Eclecticism to Brutalism

In the 1920s, a new plan for the industrialization and development of Tbilisi was adopted. The Old Town, with its irregular layout, churches, and caravanserais, no longer fully matched the role of a Soviet capital. Alongside the construction of new residential districts and large-scale infrastructure projects, new urban centers and points of attraction began to take shape.

One of these centers was the area around what is now Republic Square. Throughout the Soviet era, leading architects implemented their ideas here, creating a unique architectural environment. On this relatively small area, you can see examples of 1920s constructivism, the ornate styles of the 1930s–1940s, the clean lines of 1960s modernism, and the heavy brutalism of the 1970s–1980s.