40. Winter in Kostino

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. A corner of Kostino District in winter.
A view from the pond:
• The washhouse of the estate of Alexander Kraft (1874—1935) Kostino (the two-storeyed building on the left).
  Built in the beginning of the 20th century (before 1917).
• The poultry-house of the Kostino Estate (the green building on the right). Built in the beginning of the 20th century (before 1917).
• The Church of Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. Built in 2005.

Walls

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. A brick wall of a muilti-storey car park in Gorkogo Street.

The location of this wall:

The Building of the Council of Labour and Defense (the Building of the State Duma)

The Building of the Council of Labour and Defense (STO) in Moscow was designed by Arkady Langman (1886—1968) and built in 1935.
After the dissolution of the STO in 1937 the building was used by the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) and then by its successor — the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (Sovmin); later the building was transferred to the State Planning Committee (Gosplan).
Currently (2017) the State Duma of the Russian Federation is located in the building.
The façade of this piece of the early Stalinist architecture combines the logicality of the Constructivism with the monumentality of the Neoclassicism which soon became the main style of the Soviet architecture of the Stalinist period. The design created by Arkady Langman was highly appreciated and for a long time it was considered as the model of governmental buildings.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. The building of the Council of Labour and Defense (the building of the State Duma). A view from the Manege Square.

The location of the Building of the Council of Labor and Defense:

Address: Russia, г. Москва, ул. Охотный ряд, дом 1.

Moskvarium

The Centre of Oceanography and Marine Biology Moskvarium (Russian: Москвариум) is a public oceanarium in the VDNKh, Moscow, Russia. The construction of the oceanarium started in 2013, in 2015 the building was finished and opened its doors to visitors.
The total floor space of the Moskvarium is about 53,000 m² (about 570,490 sq ft), the area of the aquarium zone is about 12,000 m² (about 129,170 sq ft); currently (2016) it is the largest oceanarium of Europe.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. The main building of the Centre of Oceanography and Marine Biology Moskvarium. A general view.

The location of the Moskvarium:

The Small Building of the Trinity Church in Korolyov

The parish of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Korolyov was founded in 1999 and soon the construction of the “small” church building of wood started. It was finished in 2003; on 4 July 2005 the wooden church was consecrated by Metropolitan Juvenaly.
In the same year the foundation of the new (“large”) church of bricks was laid. The works lasted about 10 years, and were completed in 2015 when the Great Consecration of the new church were carried out. The photos of the “large” building of the Trinity Church you can see here.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. The Church of the Holy Trinity, the small wooden building of the church. A general view.

The location of the Trinity Church in Korolyov:

Address: Russia, Московская обл., г. Королёв, ул. Горького, дом 77.