Rebuilding of Moscow Visual Essays

The Fall and Rise of a Great Building

Stalin and Kaganovich's campaign to remake Moscow struck first at the Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, demolished in 1931. Its riverside site was designated for the Palace of the Soviets, to become the world's tallest building. An all-Union competition in 1934 awarded the commission to Boris Iofan; construction began in 1935 but the war ended it.

Demolition of Christ the Savior Demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Palace of the Soviets, Assembly Hall Project for the Palace of the Soviets Palace of the Soviets Palace of Soviets, Aerial View Palace of the Soviets, panorama of foundations Moscow Swimming Pool

Places to be Seen in the New Moscow

Filing into Red Square on May Day Central Park of Culture and Rest in Moscow Izvestiia Building In Line for Lenin's Tomb Evening Celebration on Red Square

People and Scenes in the New Moscow

Balcony at the Hotel Moskva Moscow Zoo Migrant Laborers Arrive for Work At the Agricultural Exhibit Star above Moscow Pushkin Square Moscow Illuminated at Night
1936

Abolition of Legal Abortion Childhood under Stalin Creation of the Ethnic Republics The Great Terror Pilots and Explorers Popular Front Rebuilding of Moscow Rehabilitation of Cossack Divisions Second Kolkhoz Charter Stalin Constitution Upheaval in the Opera Year of the Stakhanovite