Urban plann ing and architecture of the Stalin era: Research optics in publications of recent years
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Abstract
The article analyzes modern trends in scientific research on Soviet urban planning and architecture of the Stalin era. The text provides a brief overview of domestic and foreign books of the last decade, which reflect current scientific approaches. The author argues that the Soviet scientific paradigm has not been replaced by a new holistic scientific concept, but there is a plurality of authors’ interpretations. The research is dominated by the interdisciplinary approach, which gives impetus to the enrichment of problems, sources and research methods. The author believes that the main research trend is also a shift in optics from the object to processes and contexts, and within this framework, the topic of the relationship between the authorities and the professional community, the study of the forms and mechanisms of state regulation of architectural creativity dominates. Among other research lines, the article considers such priority areas as the revision of knowledge about the masters of Soviet architecture, the study of professional discourse, and international communications of Soviet architecture. The last topic notes the importance of shifting the emphasis to the concept of “cultural transfer”, which implies not one-sided borrowing, but transnational circulation and exchange. The author comes to the conclusion that, despite all the differences in thematic perspectives, there is a general tendency to consider the research object in a socio-cultural context, in a complex process of interrelations and mutual influences.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the funds of the state program of the Russian Federation “Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation” for 2021–2030 within the Plan of Fundamental Scientific Research of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences and the Ministry of Construction of Russia for 2024–2026.
About the Author
E. V. Konysheva
Research Institute for the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (Branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Construction of Russia); Chelyabinsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeniya Vladimirovna Konysheva, Cand. Sci. (Art History) Leading Researcher, Department of History of Architecture and Urban Development of Modern Times; Associate Professor, Department of History of Russia and Foreign Countries
119331, Moscow, Prospekt Vernadskogo, 29
454084, Chelyabinsk, Prospekt Pobedy, 162v
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Konysheva E.V. Urban plann ing and architecture of the Stalin era: Research optics in publications of recent years. Shagi / Steps. 2025;11(2):210-223. (In Russ.) EDN: WDUDGJ
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