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An in-depth history of the Stalinist skyscraper
In the early years of the Cold War, the skyline of Moscow was forever transformed by a citywide skyscraper building project. As the steel girders of the monumental towers went up, the centuries-old metropolis was reinvented to embody the greatness of Stalinist society. Moscow Monumental explores how the quintessential architectural works of the late Stalin era fundamentally reshaped daily life in the Soviet capital.
Drawing on a wealth of original archival research, Katherine Zubovich examines the decisions and actions of Soviet elites from top leaders to master architects and describes the experiences of ordinary Muscovites who found their lives uprooted by the ambitious skyscraper project. She shows how the Stalin-era quest for monumentalism was rooted in the Soviet Unions engagement with Western trends in architecture and planning, and how the skyscrapers required the creation of a vast and complex infrastructure. As laborers flooded into the city, authorities evicted and rehoused tens of thousands of city residents living on the plots selected for development. When completed in the mid-1950s, these seven ornate neoclassical buildings served as elite apartment complexes, luxury hotels, and ministry and university headquarters.
Moscow Monumental tells a story that is both local and broadly transnational, taking readers from the streets of interwar Moscow and New York to the marble-clad halls of the bombastic postwar structures that continue to define the Russian capital today.
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MOSCOW MONUMENTAL
MOSCOW MONUMENTAL
Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalins Capital
KATHERINE ZUBOVICH
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON AND OXFORD
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Names: Zubovich, Katherine, author.
Title: Moscow monumental : Soviet skyscrapers and urban life in Stalins capital / Katherine Zubovich.
Description: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020011491 (print) | LCCN 2020011492 (ebook) | ISBN 9780691178905 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780691205298 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Stalinskie Vysotki (Moscow, Russia) | SkyscrapersRussia (Federation)Moscow. | ArchitectureComposition, proportion, etc. | Communism and architectureRussia (Federation)Moscow. | Architecture and societyRussia (Federation)Moscow. | Moscow (Russian Federation)Buildings, structures, etc.
Classification: LCC NA6234.R82 M679 2020 (print) | LCC NA6234.R82 (ebook) | DDC 720/.483094731dc23
LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020011491
LC ebook record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020011492
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Editorial: Priya Nelson, Thalia Leaf
Production Editorial: Terri OPrey
Text Design: Carmina Alvarez
Jacket/Cover Design: Monograph/Matt Avery
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This book would not have been possible without the support of advisors, colleagues, family, and friends and I am glad to have this opportunity to express my thanks. Above all, I am grateful to Yuri Slezkine, Victoria Frede, and Greg Castillo. This book began through conversations with them at Berkeley a decade ago and their continued support has sustained me in this project.
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