User:Vladivelikin/sandbox

Construction
Over 15,000 cubic meters of rock was destroyed due to the TNT

A team equaling approximately 6000 people, of various professions, contributed to the building of the monument.

Over 70,000 tons of raw materials including concrete, steel, and glass were used for the construction of the monument.

Mosaics
Inside of the building, mosaics that cover approximately 510 square meters of space, are decorated in commemoration of the history of the Bulgarian Communist Party. The mosaics inside were built with 35 tons of cobalt glass, however today 20% of them have been destroyed due to age and vandals. As for the outer ring of the monument, the mosaics were built with natural stones gathered from various rivers across Bulgaria. These mosaics have also mostly vanished, and at a greater 50% due to natural causes. The final mosaic within the building was the communist hammer and sickle encircled by a quote from The Communist Manifesto stating, "Proletarians of all countries, unite!"

Decline
In the early 1990's, political change flew across Bulgaria as the country ended the communist regime and allowed western influence and capitalism to enter. These new political policies would leave the monument to be a ghost of the last era. As years passed and the twenty first century arrived, the country fell into a bad path economically and politically. Many of the countries citizens blamed the previous communist rule and due to this vandals attacked the building.

As of today
Today the building still stands, however it has been heavily vandalized. In regards to the future, there are no plans to fix the monument.

Notes on what I am going to do
I am going to be working on the stub for an abandoned soviet building in Bulgaria by the name of Buzludzha. I plan to add information regarding the architecture, but will focus more on the purpose of it. The building was a communist landmark for the country and used for government reasons, so I would research into what it was exactly used for, what the goals of it were and so on. I also have found some interesting photos from various sources so I plan to add those as well to give the readers a better idea as to what the building was like during its time of use.