In memoriam. Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev (1873-1949). On the 75th anniversary of the death of the great architect reflecting on the final years of his creativity connected with the reconstruction of Chisinau after the Second World War
In memoriam. Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev (1873-1949). On the 75th anniversary of the death of the great architect reflecting on the final years of his creativity connected with the reconstruction of Chisinau after the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: The famous Russian and Soviet architect and artist, unsurpassed Master, and Academician Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev died unexpectedly on May 24, 1949, without completing many of his creative projects. Being a native of Chisinau, he always felt a special love for the Moldavian region. On September 2, 1945, in his article “Soviet Urban Planning,” Shchusev wrote about the need to quickly restore cities and villages destroyed by the Nazi invaders, as well as, to draw up master plans for cities, while taking into account the historical features of national architecture, the uniqueness of peoples, how ancient monuments were included in the general ensemble of cities and to reflect the remarkable architecture of past centuries with their preserved centuries-old traditions.

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