These stunning mosaics were made by legendary artist Nadezhda Leger (PHOTOS)

For example, on Cosmonauts Square, near the 'October' house of culture, there are portraits of space explorers: Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Komarov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Vladislav Volkov.

And, near the 'Mir' house of culture, there is a whole alley of portraits in the same style: Maxim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich and Maya Plisetskaya, Leo Tolstoy and Rodio