THE VERSATILITY OF CREATIVITY V. G. ZABOLOTNY (TO THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH)

Abstract

The architecture of Ukraine of the 20s — the beginning of the 30s of the XXth century was characterized by the search for the national originality of forms based on the understanding of the merits of Ukrainian baroque and folk architecture, a further workshop of the interpretation of the classicism techniques and the receipt of the marked revolutionary romance of architecture.In the 1930s, the stylistic orientation of the architecture of the former USSR and its component part of Ukraine was replaced by directive decrees and the Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) “On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations” (1932), created unions of writers, composers and architects. The resulting policy orientation on classical patterns as the basis of the creative method of socialist realism has become a phenomenon inherent in totalitarian regimes.The article discusses the many facets of the creative activity of V.G. Zabolotny, as an architect, scientist and educator, public figure, founder of the Ukrainian school of architecture, founder and president of the Academy of Architecture of the former USSR. The main stages of the work of the architect in the context of the history of the formation and development of Ukrainian architecture of the 30–60-ies of XX century are analyzed.One of the significant creative achievements of V. G. Zabolotny was the fruitful activity in the Academy Architecture of the USSR, which he created, it was discontinued in 1963. In 1992, it was reborn as a public organization — the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture (UAA), called to life by the new socio-economic conditions of the country's development. The UAA revival, continuing the tradition the Academy of Architecture, created byV. G. Zabolotny, makes a significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian architecture as one of the components of Ukrainian national culture.The materials on the multifaceted activity of V.G. Zabolotny presented in the article will contribute to the development of scientific researches on the history and theory architecture of Ukraine in the last century.