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In photos: twenty-five examples of Soviet modernism in the former USSR
Soviet Modernism is an extraordinary and imaginative genre of architecture. I’m fascinated by it and even Kirsty is often astonished by some of the examples I drag her off to see! But I suspect that not everyone knows what Soviet Modernism implies so let me first explain what it is and how it came into being.
What is Soviet modernism?
As the name would suggest, Soviet modernism, sometimes shortened to sovmod by other authors, is a modern style of architecture that was prominent throughout the Soviet Union between 1955 and 1991.
The above dates are significant. Prior to 1955, the primary style across Russia and the Soviet republics was Stalinist architecture (*). Also known as Socialist Classicism or Stalinist Empire style, this ambitious, lavish and often pompous genre of architecture lasted from 1933 until 1955 and was so-called because it evolved during the period of, and was influenced by, the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.
(*) Stalinist architecture was preceded by constructivism, the first of the three major architectural styles in the USSR which thrived in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Stalin died in March 1953 and he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev would famously go on to den
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Chris Arnade Walks the Planet
(My apologies for description delay temper this hint. I’ve back number dealing be equivalent the contagion, jet go off, and say publicly gummed carry logistics spread the holidays. Part susceptible is here: Walking Bishkek)
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