October 25th, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the October Revolution, when a group of socialist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd (today’s St Petersburg), an event that would echo through the 20th century and beyond by starting Soviet communism. While the dream of the revolution did not come to pass as originally envisioned, these influences were felt not only in politics, but also through the establishment of avant-garde architecture and art, which fueled modernism internationally.
We asked some critics and historians to choose a few books that might be good to read in celebration and reflection on the events of October 1917, and learn about their impacts on the built environment today.
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*Constructivist Moscow Map included in the list
