If you want to see the entire of Moscow’s 20th century in one place, come to this spot on a sunny day: five buildings in Sadovaja Samotjočnaya span the 1900-1985 period, embracing all of the most important city styles.
Obrazcov Puppet Theater was started in 1939 (belated constructivism), then interrupted by WWII and finished in 1970, already in the form of the ‘second modernist wave‘. Various architects and companies.
Residential house. Stalin neorenaissance with art déco influences, 1951. By Žyrov.
Residential house. Art-nouveau, 1915 or 1916. By Voskresenskij.
Residential house. Stalin neorenaissance, 1952. By Stapran and Saveljev.
Residential house. Constructivism, 1928. By Ržepyševskij.
Address: Russia, Moskva, ulica Sadovaja-samotjočnaja 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
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