A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture

Introduction Part I (Prologue): 1700-1775. Westernization of Russia 1. Peter I: The Celebration as an Architectural Object 2. Architecture of Death: The Funeral of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna 3. The Post-Petrine Metamorphosis of Triumphant Military Celebrations Part II: 1829-1901. Industrial Revolution and the Search for the Sources of Russian Exceptionalism 4. Kremlin on the Trocadero: The Unexpected Claim to Modernity in Russian Architecture at the World’s Fairs 5. Russian Domestic Expositions, 1829-1896, Through the Lenses of Domestic Critics 6. The "Russian Street" at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Part III: 1925-1940. Revolution as Rapid Modernization 7. Objects-Organizers: The Monism of Things and the Art of Socialist Spectacle 8. Between Vanguard and Establishment: Boris Iofan’s Two Pavilions—Paris 1937 and New York 1939 9. Temporary Architecture and Life-Building, 1925-1940 Part IV: 1958-1978. The Cold War and Westernization of the USSR under Khrushchev and Brezhnev 10. The Soviet Pavilion at Expo ’58 and the Search for a Modern Socialist Style 11. The 1967 World Exposition in Moscow: In Search of a Project 12. The Soviet Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal: The Power and the Limits of a Symbol Epilogue 13. Ancient History and Present Day Politics in the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics