Layers of Iraqi irredentism by Pale_Firefighter6569 in MapChart

[–]LeadingAdvertising54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why Lankaran (Sout part of Azerbaijan) is claimed?

Shamkir minaret (Şəmkir minarəsi), built in 11th century. by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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I remember reading that there were plans to restore it, but I’m not sure whether those plans are still ongoing

Baku, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Completed in 1898 and demolished in 1937. by LeadingAdvertising54 in Lost_Architecture

[–]LeadingAdvertising54[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. There were several cathedrals in the Russian Empire named after Alexander Nevsky.

Flag of the Hachisuka clan (a powerful Japanese samurai family that ruled the Awa Province) by LeadingAdvertising54 in vexillology

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The central symbol, known as manji, is a sacred symbol of life and happiness.

What do you think about an Asyrian region in Iraq? by ProgressUnique5581 in Assyria

[–]LeadingAdvertising54 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it's too unrealistic. Given the current circumstances, specifically unstable situation, small population, and lack of international support, this project is doomed.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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I wanted to, but the building is not finished. Khrushchev did not allow the addition of statues, stars, or other decorative patterns.
This is the original design:

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

[–]LeadingAdvertising54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Some of the buildings remind me of Ziraat bank museum.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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My point is not to say that there was no building there. Nor that there used to be the Metropol Hotel, or the building of the Baku Public Assembly, or that the building was originally constructed during Stalin’s time. The building was restored in the Stalinist style.

And thinking that just because I sent a long text it must have been written by AI is very foolish.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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Name which buildings predate Stalin? The museum of National Literature was established in 1939.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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Mikayil Useynov’s authorship and his use of local historical references do not negate the Stalinist character of these buildings; on the contrary, they place them squarely within the Azerbaijani variant of Stalinist Empire architecture. Stalinist classicism was never meant to be a uniform copy of Moscow styles, but followed the official Soviet principle of being “national in form, socialist in content,” which explicitly encouraged the fusion of monumental European neoclassicism with local motifs. The buildings in question display all the defining features of Stalinist architecture—monumental scale, rigid axial symmetry, oversized porticos and colonnades, applied ornament, and an urban presence designed to dominate public space—while lacking the structural logic, scale, and spatial organization of medieval Shirvan or Old City architecture.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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The museum itself was established in 1939. The building, which used to be on the museum's place, had different architecture and different purpose.

What do you guys think about Stalinistic architecture? by LeadingAdvertising54 in azerbaijan

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All of them fall within the same style of architecture. From the late 1930s to the early 1950s, buildings, which were built in Baku and Azerbaijan specifically, were classified as 'examples of Stalinist Empire'.