Russian Architecture Issue

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Editors
In our new special-themed issue, we explore urban themes in Russian and Soviet Russian cinema.

Guest edited by Sebastian Freiseis

Editorial

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Sebastian Freiseis

Soviet Bloc(k) Housing and the Self-Deprecating ‘Social Condenser’ in Eldar Ryazanov’s Irony of Fate

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Lara Olszowska
Lara Olszowska reflects on the demise of an urban symbol.

Western Cities in the Soviet Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Pavel Stepanov
The story and function of the (urban) West in Soviet cinema.

Paper Architecture in Late Soviet Cinema

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Raymond DeLuca
An analysis of late Soviet cinema's escapist attitude towards Brezhnev's built environment.

Brutalist Architecture in (Soviet) Cinema

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Esen Gökçe Özdamar
How brutalist architecture eluded focal attention in (Soviet) cinema.

Urban Planning as a Shifting Symbol in Soviet and post-Soviet cinema

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Anna Guboglo
How concrete buildings have been deployed as symbols in Soviet and post-Soviet cinema.

Representation and Meaning of the Dacha in Contemporary Russian films

Vol. 113 (March 2021) by Maxim Plokhikh
This essay looks at two films that exemplify how the dacha is perceived in post-Soviet Russia.