XX Century. Architecture of the RSFSR 1955-1990 Outlines of the Portrait Authors Alexander Kudryavtsev RAACS; International Academy of Architecture Downloads PDF (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1427 Published 2019-03-14 Issue No. 59 (2019): curtain XX Section Articles How to Cite XX Century. Architecture of the RSFSR: 1955-1990 Outlines of the Portrait. (2019). Project Baikal, 16(59), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1427 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Keywords: Soviet architecture; architectural styles; Soviet modernism; retro-development; environmental approach; thaw; political context Abstract The article reviews the most significant projects and realizations of the given period. It describes how quickly Russian architects entered the international professional community and features their achievements and technical and stylistic peculiarities of Russian architectural projects of the second half of the 20th century. It is pointed out that the creativity of the Soviet architecture stands out against the poor material resources and the strictness of architectural practice standards.