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thaw&
quot; of the late 1950s through postmodernism. Buildings include the Palace of Youth, the Rossiya cinema, the Pioneer Palace, the Ostankino TV Tower, the TASS headquarters, the &
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golden brains&
quot; of the Academy of Sciences and less well-known structures such as the House of New Life and the Lenin Komsomol Automobile Plant Museum. The authors situate Moscow'
s postwar architecture within the historical and political context of the Soviet Union, while also referencing developments in international architecture of the period.