1427. Water reservoir. Cherkasy, Ukraine

Dear Rem,

"Vladimir Shukhov's technical ideas brought world's recognition to the Russian school of engineering and stay actual to this day"

Sincerely,
R

779. Central Post Office, Kharkov-Mordvinov

Dear Richard,

This is the Central Post Office and Police Department
(left side) in Kharkiv. A great constructivist building.
One of the best examples of the revolutionary Russian
modernist architecture that abruptly ended in 1932.

Best regards.
R

737. Greater Yalts. Druzhba boarding-house

Dear David,

I am sure you will enjoy this outstanding
Soviet brutalist sanatorium built in Yalta,
in the coast of the Black Sea. To get
into this massive building, visitors first
need to cross a bridge encased in a glass
tube. Also, partially showed in the picture,
there is a sea-water swimming pool
suspended between the three gigantic
pillars that support the building and house
elevators and staircases.

Warm regards.
R

503. Dneprostroy (Dnieper dam)

Dear Leonid,

By the time it was built in 1932, the Dnieper dam was the
largest hydroelectric power station in Europe. This huge
architectural ensemble became a symbol of man's victory
over natural elements.

Respectfully.
R