Building of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry

Gagarinsky District, Russia

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

The Building of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry in the Gagarinsky District of Moscow is a Stalinist architectural landmark and regional cultural heritage site. Designed in the distinctive monumental style characteristic of Soviet architecture, the structure exemplifies the formal aesthetic principles favored during the Stalinist era, with robust massing and ordered symmetry befitting an important scientific institution.