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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Gradostroitel`stvo Rossii Serediny XIX - Nachala XX Veka
Goroda i Novye Tipy Poselenii
[ Town planning in Russia mid 19th - early 20th centuries : Goroda i Novye Tipy Poselenii]
Ed. by E.I. Kirichenko
Moscow: Progress-Traditsiia; NII Teorii Arkhetektury i Gradostroitel`stva, 2003 560 p Serie: Russkoe Gradostroitel`noe Iskusstvo 2 of 3 Hardcover. 24.5 x 33 cm ISBN: 5898261761 Language: Russian
This is the second of three volumes of the monograph which studies the peculiarities of Russian city planning and development in the second half of the nineteenth-early twentieth centuries. The authors identify the main factors of city structure and image, including urbanization and the phenomena of the metropolis. Special attention is paid to government policy in the architectural and building industry, evolution of professional views in this field, professional and legal basis of town planning. Richly illustrated with rare pictures, city plans, and drawings of all major cities of the Russian Empire. Name index and index of towns, settlements, and architectural objects. One more volume is planned: Vol. 3: Russian Capitals and provinces in the mid 19th - Early 20th centuries. Standing order is available. (2.894 kg)