Courtyard of the constructivist dwelling complex nicknamed the Horseshoe House in Ivanovo, Russia. The apartment building designed by Soviet modernist architect Alexander Panov was built in 1933-1934 in Gromoboya Street as a dwelling complex for the staff of the OGPU, secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934, later known as the NKVD and the KGB. The inscription in Russian on the garage in the foreground means: The execution of the tsar in the year of 1918. We can repeat. ATTENTION: This image is a part of a photo essay of 35 photos featuring Soviet constructivist architecture in Iva


Courtyard of the constructivist dwelling complex nicknamed the Horseshoe House in Ivanovo, Russia. The apartment building designed by Soviet modernist architect Alexander Panov was built in 1933-1934 in Gromoboya Street as a dwelling complex for the staff of the OGPU, secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934, later known as the NKVD and the KGB. The inscription in Russian on the garage in the foreground means: The execution of the tsar in the year of 1918. We can repeat. ATTENTION: This image is a part of a photo essay of 35 photos featuring Soviet constructivist architecture in Ivanovo.


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