ON THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST CITY ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLES OF SAMARA SQUARE

Abstract

The article describes the history of one of the first classical architectural ensembles of Sovietera, that of Samara square situated within the boundaries of Galaktionovskaya, Yarmarochnaya and Sadovaya streets. Particular attention is paid to the appearance of the administrative building of Hydroproject - a major compositional dominant of the ensemble. The paper emphasizes the exceptional importance of the ensemble in the architectural and cultural heritage of the city. The authors use a wide range of bibliographic sources and provide unique documents about the architects of this urban ensemble, including personal testimonies of the authors about their work on the project.