Book of Desires, or Undisclosed Secrets of the "Golden Age" of Soviet Architecture
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The action of the new book by V. Osinsky unfolds at the beginning of the zero. Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, a descendant of the great Russian -Soviet architect, named after the famous great -grandfather (Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky - the author of the Stalinist high -altitude project, VDNH, worked for a long time in the United States and is considered the "gray cardinal" of Soviet architecture), unexpectedly gets the opportunity to change his life and enter the government : A strange book that becomes his happy talisman falls into his hands. Very soon, the main character understands that his fate is controlled by a powerful force.
Then the relative of the protagonist gives him the record of the former White Guard officer and his sibling of the famous architect. Which tells about the surroundings of the architect Oltarzhevsky - outstanding architects, powerful politicians, entrepreneurs and philanthropists of the beginning -blows of the twentieth century - and how the architectural masterpieces of the great ancestor were created. Memoirs also talk about the historical events of the era: civil war, white emigration, reemination and life in the USSR of a secret dissident who hates power, but helps the genius brother to build up. These memories help the main character understand what is happening to him now and decide how his great -grandfathers decided at one time, whether he serves the system or his country
Then the relative of the protagonist gives him the record of the former White Guard officer and his sibling of the famous architect. Which tells about the surroundings of the architect Oltarzhevsky - outstanding architects, powerful politicians, entrepreneurs and philanthropists of the beginning -blows of the twentieth century - and how the architectural masterpieces of the great ancestor were created. Memoirs also talk about the historical events of the era: civil war, white emigration, reemination and life in the USSR of a secret dissident who hates power, but helps the genius brother to build up. These memories help the main character understand what is happening to him now and decide how his great -grandfathers decided at one time, whether he serves the system or his country
Author:
Author:Осинский Валерий Аркадьевич
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Engineering & Transportation
- Category:Reference books
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00180-591-5
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