Introduction • Science and Technology • Public Buildings • Dormitory Areas • Towers • Monumental Art
The first book by Russian photographer and Instagram sensation Arseniy Kotov. The images showcase surviving Soviet Modernist architecture from across the former USSR, much of which has never previously been documented
Born in Samara in 1988, Arseniy Kotov grew up in an urban landscape consisting of standardised housing blocks and industrial towers. He has been taking photographs of city landscapes since he was a teenager. At the age of 25 he decided to hitchhike across Russia and then on to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine. During 2016-19 Arseniy Kotov visited all of the post-soviet republics, where he photographed more than two hundred cities. Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell have been publishing critically acclaimed books on Soviet culture since 2004 with their Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia. More recent titles include Godless Utopia, Spomenik Monument Database and Soviet Bus Stops.
A 'flying saucer' assembly hall and an office that resembles a game of Jenga: Fascinating photography book reveals that Soviet architecture wasn't always dreary--Ted Thornhill "Daily Mail"
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