A. V. Shchusev and the Competition for V. I. Lenin Library Authors Dmitry Khmelnitsky Downloads PDF (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1435 Published 2019-03-14 Issue No. 59 (2019): curtain XX Section Articles How to Cite A. V. Shchusev and the Competition for V. I. Lenin Library. (2019). Project Baikal, 16(59), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1435 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Abstract The history of the competition for the new building of V. I. Lenin Library is presented. The article features the three winning projects of the competition. The article tells about the protest of architects against the style and the ideas of the opportunistic projects. It points out the contrariety between the projects by Shchusev and Shchuko at the first and the second stages.