capitals of the countries of the former socialist camp.

RETHINKING OF THE PAST: THE FATE OF SOCIALIST REALISM BUILDINGS IN THE CAPITALS OF FORMER EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES

In 1992 an extremely interesting study by professor Umeå University of Sweden, Anders Åman, "Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe during the Stalin era: an aspect of the history of the Cold War" was published. It was a rare and valuable work, which discussed the expansion of the architecture of socialist realism from Moscow to the west in order to establish a communist ideology.