Rostov-na-Donu, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
from 01.01.2018 until now
Russian Federation
UDC 72
CSCSTI 67.07
Russian Classification of Professions by Education 07.09.02
Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 8511
Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 8521
BISAC ARC005080 History / Contemporary (1945-)
The current desire for compaction of the urban environment is dictated primarily by economic considerations that have changed perceptions of the value of urban development. This leads to the gradual destruction of one of the most important characteristics of Soviet modernism architecture – the aesthetic and functional relationship between the architectural object and the natural environment. Over the past decades, in the regions, including in the South of Russia, the loss of individual structures with artistic value and the entire urban planning solutions occurs. The example is the ensemble of the park named after the Pleven city (Pleven’s ensemble) in Rostov-on-Don. The article is devoted to its studying. The paper provides a retrospective analysis of the gradual formation of the Pleven’s ensemble. The author reveals the architectural, artistic and volume-compositional features of the structures that form it: the square, the park named after the town of Pleven, Bulvar Druzhby, Museum of international friendship, “Pleven” cinema and the supermarket. Spatial relationships between the studied objects and the environment are determined. The field studies define the modern state within the ensemble of objects, and the existing town-planning situation is fixed. It reflects the loss of spatial relations and features of the formation of the urban environment, which are characteristic of Soviet modernism.
Soviet modernism, Rostov-on-Don, architecture of the 1960–1980 s, park named after Pleven, Pleven’s square ensemble, Museum of international friendship, “Pleven” cinema
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