Vesnin brothers
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The Vesnin brothers: Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin and Alexander Vesnin were the leaders of Constructivist architecture, the dominant architectural school of the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 193
Family photo, c. 1890 Left to right: Victor Vesnin, Alexander Vesnin (father), Alexander Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Yelizaveta Vesnina (mother), Lidia Vesnina (sister)
Grand entrance of Mantashev Stables in Moscow. 1914, design by Alexander Vesnin, Victor Vesnin and Arshar Izmirov.
Aratsky House in Moscow - an early example of Vesnin neoclassicism, 1913.
Alexander Vesnin's set design sketches for Alexander Tairov's 1923 production of The Man Who Was Thursday. The set, according to Catherine Cooke, influenced the Palace of Labor competition entry by Vesnin brothers.
Palace of the Soviets
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The Palace of the Soviets was a project to construct a political convention center in Moscow on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The main function of the palace was to house
The definitive 1937 design on a postage stamp. Early design specifications required that the Palace should serve as a gigantic triumphal arch for the masses of demonstrants marching through the arena of the grand hall. By 1937 this requirement was dropped.
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Boris Iofan with his Udarnik cinema [ru] building. Soviet postage cover, 1990
The proposed site in Okhotny Ryad Street (left of the church)
Demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, 5 December 1931