Will Self

The Soviets were imperialists. Stalin’s architecture proves it

His favourite architect survived countless purges but remains best known for designing a monstrosity that was never built

Boris Iofan’s projected Palace of the Soviets would tower to the heavens, topped by a statue of Lenin. [Alamy]
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