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    WOODROW WILSON CENTER SERIES Edited by WILLIAM C. BRUMFIELD Reshaping Russian architecture: Western technol- ogy, utopian dreams examines the development of twentieth-century Russian architecture as it relates to the transformation of imperial Russia into an industrialized Soviet empire. Edited by William C. Brumfield, the volume also demon- strates how Western notions of style and tech- nology were assimilated on a massive scale to a uniquely Russian vision. ‘Among the issues examined in essays by four distinguished historians of architecture and urban planning are the decline of imperial architectural design during the mid-nineteenth century, occasioned by fundamental changes in aesthetic values and social structure; the denouncement of the European capitalist eco- nomic system and consequent rejection of mod- ern urban architecture immediately prior to the 1917 revolution; and utopian concepts of mod- ern urban design that were implemented during the interwar years of phenomenal industrial development. ‘An important contribution to our understand- ing of Russian and Soviet culture in a critical period of evolution, Reshaping Russian architec- ture: Wester technology, utopian dreams will appeal to scholars concerned with modern Rus- sian culture, as well as those interested in mod- ern architecture and urban planning in general. Reshaping Russian architecture Western technology, utopian dreams Eine by WILLIAM C. BRUMFIELD WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambie New York Port Chester Melboune Sydney the Univesity af Cambri eh, Atta ss oat v4 batdck WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Willam J Baroody, Je, Chairman; Dwayne O. Andress, Vie Chairman, Robert McC. Adams; james A Baker ll, Theodore C. Barrens Jes H. Billington: Lynne V_ Cheney: Brace 8. Gell Gert Himmel ‘Max M. Kampelinan Joba 8. Reed; Jobs FL. Sunn: Robert Tuttle: Don W, Wilson he Center the “living memoria” ofthe United States of America to © nation’s twenty-

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