Marshal Novikov street 2 k2, Moscow

Shchukino District, Russia

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

A residential building in Moscow's Shchukino District, this structure exemplifies Stalinist architecture, the monumental style that dominated Soviet urban development during the mid-twentieth century. Like other apartment buildings of its era, it reflects the architectural principles of state socialism through its design vocabulary and urban role.