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thumb|300px|right|Moscow, Park Kultury-Radialnaya|Park Kultury, Entrance pavilion, by G.T.Krutikov, V.S.Popov, 1935, demolished 1949. Note the slim, square columns without capitals.

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Postconstructivist architecture
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Contents
  • Khan-Magomedov's viewpoint
  • Background
  • Birth of a style
  • Style defined
  • Recognition
  • Demise
  • Criticism of Khan-Magomedov's viewpoint
  • Role of state
  • Art Deco factor
  • Present day
  • Public awareness and preservation
  • Safety hazards
  • Reconstruction
  • Revival
  • See also
  • Footnotes

thumb|300px|right|Moscow, Park Kultury-Radialnaya|Park Kultury, Entrance pavilion, by G.T.Krutikov, V.S.Popov, 1935, demolished 1949. Note the slim, square columns without capitals.

Postconstructivism was a transitional architectural style that existed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, typical of early Stalinist architecture before World War II. The term postconstructivism was coined by Selim Khan-Magomedov, a historian of architecture, to describe the product of avant-garde artists' migration to Stalinist neoclassicism. Khan-Magomedov identified postconstructivism with 1932–1936, but the long construction time and vast size of the country extended the period to 1941.

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