Nevertheless, Soviet-era master plans and modern architecture remain important agents in the contemporary urban and architectural identities of cities across the former empire, where a young ...

When Azerbaijan gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there was an ambition to make Baku a world centre of modern architecture. As part of the effort to break away from the ...

The New Tretyakov-Gallery was therefore an integral part of the exhibition, which was displayed in different lobbies and provided a view of the building's architecture. This path leads through the ...