New illustrated architecture series, in Russian

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• +1 for the Russians

  These two hospitals were designed in the 1930s for Tientsin (Tianjin 天津), but who copied whose design? In October 1934, the British Municipal…

• A building in Shanghai named after its Russian owner?

  Until recently, I only knew of the Krivoss Apartments, named after its owner and architect Boris Krivoss. But here is another – Koffman…

• American Warship Entertains Local Children (1930)

  Over 250 local poor children, mostly Russians, were given a treat aboard the USS Barker on Christmas morning. A number of launches were chartered…