Cutaway view of the “Palace of the Soviets”, Moscow, concept by Boris Iofan. The Palace of the Soviets was to be an administrative center and congressional hall located in Moscow. It would have become the world’s tallest structure of its time. Construction started in 1937 and was terminated by the German invasion in 1941. During the war, its steel frame was disassembled for use in the war effort. It was never completed.
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