Stalinist architecture
May 29, 2009 by blogtopia
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Stalinist architecture, (Stalin’s Empire style, also referred to as the Stalinist Gothic, or Socialist Classicism) is a term given to architecture of the Soviet Union between 1933, when Boris Iofan’s draft for Palace of Soviets was officially approved, and 1955, when Nikita Khruschev condemned "excesses" of the past decades and disbanded the Soviet Academy of Architecture.
In the Soviet policy of rationalization of the country, all cities were built to a general development plan. Each was split into districts, with allotments drawn based on the city’s geography. Projects would be drawn up for whole districts, visibly transforming a city’s architectural image.
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Russian architecture
May 29, 2009 by blogtopia
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Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were established in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus’. After the fall of Kiev, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, and Novgorod, and the succeeding states of Tsardom of Moscow, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.
The medieval state of Kievan Rus’ was the predecessor of modern states of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine and their respective cultures, including architecture.