Stalin's Skyscrapers

Author: Maria Mushtrieva (on 15 Jul 2016)
Another example of Soviet architecture are Stalin's skyscrapers in Moscow.
 
They have a double bind  task simultaneously to show the power and strength of the socialist unity - and to reveal to a Soviet individual his insignificance in front of the machine of the state. 
 

One of the seven sisters - Stalin's Skyscrapers 
 

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