The architecture of Soviet Russia was steeped in meaning and allegory. As Vladimir Putin looks to resurrect modern day Russia to have its own unique cultural identity, control of building themes and heights has disappeared. A common thread remains however; the weird and bizarre. 

Palace of the Soviets The Soviet Union decided the best way to show up the West was to build the biggest version of any given object. The infamous Palace of the Soviets, which would have been a congress facility and administrative building celebrating the Community Party and commemorating fallen leader Lenin, is perhaps the biggest unrealized architectural project in history. The project was the brainchild of Joseph Stalin. He ordered that the world’s largest Orthodox Christian cathedral be razed and following an architectural competition proposed it be replaced with a structure 100 feet taller than the Empire State Building and capped with a gilded statue of Lenin, towering 260 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty......Continue Reading

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