Between Modernism and Socialist Realism

摘要

The rationale for replacing the various architectural movements that nourished in the 1920s with a single union of architects was to secure the success of Stalin's first five-year plan, launched in 1928. That plan needed, it was widely claimed, the concerted efforts of all architectural forces. The promises were grandiose, as architects and urbanists were challenged not only with the thorough modernization of Moscow-including building its state-of-the-art subway-but also with constructing an immense program of new industrial cities.