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...churches, 18th century noble residences and the odd basement "intellectual bookstore," but it can be full of fascinating little finds, like a lovely white stone church with a dark green cupola, behind a wall on Bolshaya Ordynka (No. 38). It looks medieval but was built in 1912 by Alexei Shchusev, one of the most prolific architects of his time. He later designed Lenin's mausoleum and the hideous Moskva Hotel near Red Square, with its asymmetrical façade. Shchusev's career embodies the compromises that many intellectuals made during the Soviet period. And the church, now an icon-restoration...
...from the llth to 15th centuries, is simple and even severe, characterized by perpendicular lines, lack of ornament and few windows. In World War II, Novgorod was once again attacked by foreign forces, this time the Germans, whose destruction was perhaps greater than any before. The Soviet government commissioned Shchusev, the architect who designed the Lenin Mausoleum, to plan the city's reconstruction, a program that has resulted in the restoration of many churches, including the lovely 14th century Church of the Savior of the Transfiguration. In its dome can be seen the divergence of the Russian from...
Typical of "Modern Bolshevism" is Mayor Bulganin's recent appointment of Architect Shchusev as "Commandant of Tverskaja" (Moscow's main street). Under the Commandant's direction all buildings will be painted, starting at one end of the street and working down to the other. Not the occupants of the buildings but Street Commandant Shchusev will decide what color each building shall be painted, which shall be torn down, which repaired-all by the Municipality...
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