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Shabolovka Tower

The Shabolovka tower, also known  as the Shukhov radio tower, is a broadcasting tower designed by Vladimir Shukhov.  The 160 m. free standing steel structure was built in 1920-1922.  It is a hyperboloid structure.  Still in use as a radio and television transmitter, the tower in a prominent feature of Moscow skyline. 

Gorky Park

Gorky Park was opened in 1928 and is located at Krymsky Val and situated just across the Moskva river.
The Park was planned by Konstantin Melnikov

Street Art in Winzavod

Winzavod
Centre for Contemporary Art

frozen Moskva

homage to Melnikov

Devichye Pole Park

Kauchuk Factory Club

Kauchuk Factory Club constructed in 1927 - 1929 is a public building designed by Konstantin Melnikov.  Kauchuk rubber factory, originally based in Riga, relocated to Khamovniki District in Moscow in 1915, threatened by German offensive, and was considerably expanded afterwards.  Kauchuk Club is shaped as simple quarter of cylinder, housing a 800 seat theatre hall with two balcony levels.  Melnikov's trademark exterior  stairs (now under restoration ) were never intended for regular use, they are actually fire escapes connected to the second floor lobby.

Rusakov Workers' Club

The Rusakov Workers' Club is a great example of Constructivist architecture.  Designed by Konstantin Melnikov, it was constructed in 1927 / 1928.  The club is built on a fan-shaped plan, with three cantilevered concrete seating areas rising above the base.  Each of these volumes can be used as separate auditorium, and combined they result in a capacity of over 1,000 people.  At the rear of the building are more conventional offices.  The function of the building is to some extent expressed in the exterior, which Melnikov described as a  "tensed muscle".  I love this building very much.

The worker

The worker bas relief at Petrovsky Passazh.
By Matvei Manizer  1921

Red Telephone Box

Looks familiar.....
BTW no telephone in it

Moscow Zoo

Moscow Planetarium

The Moscow Planetarium designed by architects Mikhail Barshch and Mikhail Sinyavsky was opened on November 5, 1929.  In the 1960s was used an educational centre for the first Russian cosmonauts.  The building was abandoned for 17 years and then reopened on June 12, 2011 

Novodevichy Convent

This UNESCO listed Convent was founded in 1525 to celebrate Grand Prince Vasily III's recapture of Smolensk in1514. Many aristocrats took their vows here and it became known as a nunnery of the nobility.
Most of the buildings in the Moscow Baroque style were added in 1680 by Regent Sophia, Peter the Great's half sister, ironically later imprisoned by him here in 1689. The Convent was occupied in 1812 by Napoleon's troops, and later used as a female prison before becoming a Museum of Women's Emancipation during Communism.  It has been a working Convent since 1994.