The Soviets of Worker Deputies of the Capital are leading the fight to fulfil the Stalinist Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow (Sovety deputatov trudiashchikhsia stolitsy vozglaviat bor'by za vypolnenie Stalinskogo plana rekonstruktsii Moskvy)

1939

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• The Soviets of Worker Deputies of the Capital are leading the fight to fulfil the Stalinist Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow (Sovety deputatov trudiashchikhsia stolitsy vozglaviat bor'by za vypolnenie Stalinskogo plana rekonstruktsii Moskvy)
• Creator
• Ryvkin, K.
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Date
• 1939
• Identifier
• GR000052
• Description
• The purpose of the General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow (officially passed in July 1935) was to modernize Moscow, the capital of the triumphant socialist state. The plan included triumphal ways, new residential and public buildings, and parks. The centerpiece of the plan was the Palace of the Soviets, seen here in the poster towering over a redesigned skyline. The construction project (designed by the architects O. Iofan, O. Gelfreikh, V. Shchuko and sculptor S. Merkurov in 1934) was to be the tallest building in the world, complete with a 100 meter statue of Lenin. The building was never completed, however, the project served as an important symbol of triumphalism and frequently appeared in posters, paintings, films and other propaganda.
• Extent
• 62 x 795 cm.
• Type
• still image
• Genre
• prints (visual works)
  lithographs
• Subject
• Politics and government--1917-1936
  Politics and government--1936-1953
  Communism and art
  Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
• Geographic Subjects
• Soviet Union
  Russia (Federation)
• Source
• Russian State Library
• Collection
• Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh
• Rights Information
• Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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