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Uralmash: Soviet Factory District and Constructivist Architecture
Uralmash was created in 1927 as a working-class settlement anchored by the Ural Heavy Machinery Building Plant, built in 1933 as the…
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Kirovsky, Yekaterinburg: History and Soviet Architecture
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Downtown Yekaterinburg: History, Walking Routes and What to See
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