Richard Pare spent two decades photographing “rarely published and virtually inaccessible” buildings by the visionary architects who worked before Stalin rose to power. Between 1922 and 1932, Soviet ...

Avant-garde architectural thought enjoyed a heyday in 1920s and ’30s Russia. The Constructivist buildings of the era embodied a functionalist philosophy emboldened by Soviet Socialist propaganda that ...

The twentieth century in Russia has been a cataclysm of rare proportions, as war, revolution, famine, and massive political terror tested the limits of human ...

In Russia, the term "kremlin" refers to a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities, usually encompassing palaces, churches and government offices. here are several theories ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Photographer Frédéric Chaubin likes to believe he uncovered a fourth age ...

Boris Iofan’s winning proposal for Palace of the Soviets. Image Courtesy of Arkadi Mordvinov, Vyacheslav K. Oltarzhevsky/Tchoban Foundation From the famous Kitchen Debate between Nikita Khrushchev and ...

Situated a few blocks away from the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, the monument was built in the Qajar era (1789 to 1925). In recognition of its unique architectural heritage and ...