Soviet Moscow 1920-50s: from utopia to empire

1918-1953 - an era in the life of Moscow, which determined the modern appearance of the city. The new Moscow constructivists and masters of the "Stalinist style": plans and sketches, erected buildings and demolished monuments, utopian projects and official orders. We will see how Moscow has changed, which again received the metropolitan status, how whole quarters appeared and disappeared. This is the time of the creation and implementation of the master plan for the reconstruction and development of Moscow (1935), which created the image of the new city - the capital of the socialist world. The sections are presented: "Destroyed Moscow", "Utopia" and "Empire", including an extensive series of photographers accompanied by thematic articles. In the applications" History of the Moscow Tram "," Songs of Moscow "and" Moscow in the literature of the 20-30s" " The works of A. Barto, M. Bulgakov, A. Jew, E. Zamyatin, I. Ilf and E. Petrov, M. Koltsov, S. Rozanov, L. Feikhtwanger and A. Chayanov, etc. are placed. The publication will serve as a valuable source of information for All who are interested in the history of Moscow - art historians, architects, historians, culturalists, and Muscovites. Illustrations give an idea of ​​how Moscow looked and how its appearance changed. Literary and musical materials placed the architectural history of the city in a wider cultural context, and essays accompanying photographs will serve as valuable reference material