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Author : Chauncy Dennison Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cities of the Soviet Union: studies in their functions, size, density, and growth written by Chauncy Dennison Harris and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arseniy Kotov
Publisher : Fuel
ISBN 13 : 9781916218413
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Soviet Cities: Labour, Life and Leisure written by Arseniy Kotov and published by Fuel. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet dream of modernist architecture for all, portrayed on the brink of its erasure In recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not been fully acknowledged. As a result many unique modernist buildings have been destroyed or changed beyond recognition. Russian photographer Arseniy Kotov intends to document these buildings and their surroundings before they are lost forever. He likes to take pictures in winter, during the "blue hour," which occurs immediately after sunset or just before sunrise. At this time, the warm yellow colors inside apartment-block windows contrast with the twilight gloom outside. To Kotov, this atmosphere reflects the Soviet period of his imagination. His impression of this time is unashamedly idealistic: he envisages a great civilization, built on a fair society, which hopes to explore nature and conquer space. From the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the desert steppes of Kazakhstan to the grim monolithic high-rise dormitory blocks of inner-city Volgograd, Kotov captures the essence of the post-Soviet world. "The USSR no longer exists and in these photographs we can see what remains--the most outstanding buildings and constructions, where Soviet people lived and how Soviet cities once looked: no decoration, no bright colors and no luxury, only bare concrete and powerful forms." This superbly designed volume is the latest in Fuel's revelatory and inspiring series on Soviet-era architecture.
Author : James H. Bater
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Soviet City written by James H. Bater and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1980 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael F. Hamm
Publisher : Lexington : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book The City in Russian History written by Michael F. Hamm and published by Lexington : University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1976 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Davidow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cities Without Crisis written by Mike Davidow and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Michael Stronski
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973898
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tashkent written by Paul Michael Stronski and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-09-19 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Stronski tells the fascinating story of Tashkent, an ethnically diverse, primarily Muslim city that became the prototype for the Soviet-era reimagining of urban centers in Central Asia. Based on extensive research in Russian and Uzbek archives, Stronski shows us how Soviet officials, planners, and architects strived to integrate local ethnic traditions and socialist ideology into a newly constructed urban space and propaganda showcase. The Soviets planned to transform Tashkent from a "feudal city" of the tsarist era into a "flourishing garden," replete with fountains, a lakeside resort, modern roadways, schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, and of course, factories. The city was intended to be a shining example to the world of the successful assimilation of a distinctly non-Russian city and its citizens through the catalyst of socialism. As Stronski reveals, the physical building of this Soviet city was not an end in itself, but rather a means to change the people and their society. Stronski analyzes how the local population of Tashkent reacted to, resisted, and eventually acquiesced to the city's socialist transformation. He records their experiences of the Great Terror, World War II, Stalin's death, and the developments of the Krushchev and Brezhnev eras up until the earthquake of 1966, which leveled large parts of the city. Stronski finds that the Soviets established a legitimacy that transformed Tashkent and its people into one of the more stalwart supporters of the regime through years of political and cultural changes and finally during the upheavals of glasnost.
Author : Henry W. Morton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315495910
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Contemporary Soviet City written by Henry W. Morton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of short stories reflects the writers' shared core experience of Korea's trajectory from an inward-looking feudal state, through Japanese colony and battle-ground for the Korean War, to a modernizing society. Three stories have been added to the original edition.
Author : Inturist (Firm)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cities of the USSR written by Inturist (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory D. Andrusz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791494977
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book Housing and Urban Development in the USSR written by Gregory D. Andrusz and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1985-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of housing and the urban environment in a socialist society sheds light on the discrepancy between plan and reality. It investigates the sources and consequences of the problem and shows how the U.S.S.R. has attempted to find solutions. Following a general background and overview section, the book deals with the construction, control, and use of buildings in Soviet cities. It then investigates the types of housing considered to be most appropriate for today's Russian urbanite. Focusing on housing sites, it shows the reality of the housing situation in the U.S.S.R. and uncovers spatial patterns of social segregation in Soviet urban development. The question of high- and low-rise housing for workers is also discussed. Andrusz shows how today's Soviet society has evolved away from certain patterns created by the architects of the Revolution. New norms, values, and demands—particularly in the visible form of a more privatized lifestyle: the consumer-oriented, car-ownership-seeking, nuclear family with segregated role playing—have resulted in new dwelling needs. The book is enriched with tables, notes and references, and a useful bibliography.
Author : Olga Medvedkov
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351214004
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book Soviet Urbanization written by Olga Medvedkov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1990, Soviet Urbanization provides an assessment of Soviet urban systems. Drawing on her personal experiences at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and bringing with her much material otherwise unavailable in the West, the author analyses the structure of the Soviet urban network and its future development under the constraints of central planning. The author concludes that the danger to Soviet urbanization programme lies in the gap between central planning on the one hand and actual spatial change on the other. This book will appeal to students and academics working in the disciplines of geography, urban studies and planning.
