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1978

Description

Chet Smolski describes this building as a science research building of the 1920s. This building is part of Karazin Kharkov National University. The park from which the photo was taken is called Svobody Square or Freedom Square. The building is a prime example of Constructivist architecture. It features skywalks that probably derive from El Lissitsky’s Skyhook of the 1920s, although the buildings are not horizontal skyscrapers. When built it was the tallest skyscraper in the U.S.S.R. It was financed by order of Feliks Dzierżyński and cost 9 million rubles.

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See Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derzhprom See Reyner Banham Information from www.answers.com/topic/Kharkov The contact for info. on this building is Igor Bolotny: igor.a.bolotny@univer.kharkov.ua “The Dezhprom complex was used as a symbol of modernity in films such as Dziga Vertov's Three Songs about Lenin and Sergei Eisenstein's The General Line.” Wikipedia “The reconstruction and renovation of the Derzhprom building took more time (7 years) than the construction of the building itself. (3 years)” Wikipedia

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 2 Dates

1878-1939

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Creator 3 Role

Architect

Creator 4 Role

Architect

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Gosprom, skyscraper, skyhook, Derzhprom, Kharkov, Freedom Square

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