Soviet architecture and old soviet life

Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital, was wrecked by an earthquake in 1966, which provided a chance for comprehensive reconstruction utilizing mass-produced buildings. Later, other big buildings were built, as well as the fantastic metro system. The massive Hotel Uzbekistan, located in Tashkent's Amir Timur square, is a classic example of Soviet 1970s modernist architecture. During its heyday, celebrities like Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, and Raj Kapoor stayed there, as did USSR power brokers.

Soviet architecture was influenced by the Soviet space program and Yuri Gagarin's celebrated voyage into space, as well as conceptions of the cosmos and science fiction. The former Lenin Museum in Tashkent, which now houses the massive State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, is one such structure. It's an intriguing collection of daring, imaginative, and even eccentric structures. "The key to Soviet architecture is above all political," writes Chaubin in the introduction. The causes of its evolution must be sought in the regime and its evolution rather than architectural theory. Nowhere else, and over such a long period of time, has power so directly shaped the urban landscape."