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"Wide View, Russia's Freedom Square.
Alexei Evgenievich Shalaev • Painting, 22.09.2023, 25×80 cm
Description of the artwork «"Wide View, Russia's Freedom Square.»
Building a high-rise on a swamp is a bold decision.
View of Novoarbatsky Bridge, Taras Shevchenko Embankment and the last of the 7 Stalinist high-rises - Hotel Ukraine (1957).
At the time of construction, Dorogomilovo still had a lot of dilapidated wooden buildings, especially at the back of the neighborhoods. The place where the hotel stands today used to be a swamp, and the place was often flooded. The project of the largest hotel in Europe was created by a group of famous architects: A.G. Mordvinov, P.A. Krasilnikov, co-authors V.G. Kalish, V.K. Oltarzhevsky. In total, more than 2000 people worked on various details of the project.
The interiors of the hotel were decorated with works by famous Russian artists and sculptors: A. Deineka, Kukryniksy, D. Nalbandyan, V. Polenov and others. There were 1256 canvases and 57 sculptures in the collection of the Ukraina Hotel. Also in the lobby is a unique diorama "Moscow - the capital of the USSR", which was created especially for the New York exhibition of 1977.
One of the prominent statesmen P. A. Stolypin (1862-1911) looks down on this wide Moscow panorama through the space of Russia's Freedom Square from the height of the pedestal. A man brave in making difficult decisions, implementing large-scale projects and personal courage, he survived 10 assassination attempts in 5 years, the 11th one interrupted his life.
View of Novoarbatsky Bridge, Taras Shevchenko Embankment and the last of the 7 Stalinist high-rises - Hotel Ukraine (1957).
At the time of construction, Dorogomilovo still had a lot of dilapidated wooden buildings, especially at the back of the neighborhoods. The place where the hotel stands today used to be a swamp, and the place was often flooded. The project of the largest hotel in Europe was created by a group of famous architects: A.G. Mordvinov, P.A. Krasilnikov, co-authors V.G. Kalish, V.K. Oltarzhevsky. In total, more than 2000 people worked on various details of the project.
The interiors of the hotel were decorated with works by famous Russian artists and sculptors: A. Deineka, Kukryniksy, D. Nalbandyan, V. Polenov and others. There were 1256 canvases and 57 sculptures in the collection of the Ukraina Hotel. Also in the lobby is a unique diorama "Moscow - the capital of the USSR", which was created especially for the New York exhibition of 1977.
One of the prominent statesmen P. A. Stolypin (1862-1911) looks down on this wide Moscow panorama through the space of Russia's Freedom Square from the height of the pedestal. A man brave in making difficult decisions, implementing large-scale projects and personal courage, he survived 10 assassination attempts in 5 years, the 11th one interrupted his life.
