Landscaping of the Capital According to the General Plan of Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935 as One of the Creative Successes of Soviet Urban Planning
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.016
Abstract
The author attaches great importance to the issues of preservation and development of forest park management, monuments of landscape gardening art. The article notes that each era brought new touches to the landscaping of Moscow, analyzes the most promising ideas for the development of Moscow in the natural environment in connection with the tasks of reorganizing Soviet cities on socialist principles, notes the need to develop landscaping strategies in urban planning policy. The subject of the study is landscaping and improvement of the capital, which became an integral part of the General Plan for the Development of Moscow. For many years, the General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935 served as a standard for the landscaping of cities in the USSR. Its ideas were developed in subsequent general plans for the reconstruction of Moscow. The article analyzes the process of implementing the General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935, when grandiose work was carried out to preserve and improve the quality of the urban environment. The General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935 was an outstanding achievement of the domestic urban planning school for its time. The capital received a unique urban planning system of landscaping, which forms the microclimate and unique appearance of the city.
About the Author
V. N. Gorlov
Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gorlov Vladimir Nikolaevich — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Historical Sciences and Archival Studies, Institute of Humanities and Applied Sciences
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Gorlov V.N. Landscaping of the Capital According to the General Plan of Reconstruction of Moscow in 1935 as One of the Creative Successes of Soviet Urban Planning. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(3(96)):155-164. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.016
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