Word: gigantomania
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely criticized plan for a war memorial. The huge monument, if built, would have obliterated the top of the Poklannaya Hill, which gives visitors a panoramic view of Moscow from the west. The projected war memorial was denounced by letter writers as "shameful," "monstrous" and an example of "gigantomania." Such public censure of projects already approved by the top leadership would never have been tolerated under previous Soviet regimes. But the Kremlin seemingly agreed with at least some of the criticism, and is now holding a competition for a new design for the monument...
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