Will Kyiv’s Soviet Industrial Districts Survive? A Study of Transformation, Preservation, and Demolition of Industrial Heritage in Ukraine’s Capital

In the 1930s and 1940s, multiple five-year Soviet plans for national industrialization transformed Ukraine’s capital Kyiv (Russian Kiev) into a dramatic industrial metropolis. By 1960, Kyiv was a core industrial city with renovated prerevolutionary factories and massive new industrial enterprises. U...

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Published inJournal of planning history Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 220 - 268
Main Authors Ponomaryova, Anastasiya, Ryan, Brent D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Factories
Industrial districts
Industrial enterprises
Industrialization
Preservation
Ukraine
Russia
tactical urbanism
Kyiv
postindustrial landscapes
industrial heritage
Soviet urbanism
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Summary:In the 1930s and 1940s, multiple five-year Soviet plans for national industrialization transformed Ukraine’s capital Kyiv (Russian Kiev) into a dramatic industrial metropolis. By 1960, Kyiv was a core industrial city with renovated prerevolutionary factories and massive new industrial enterprises. Ukraine’s 1991 independence threatened industrial complexes with demolition for retail, residential, and office uses. We examine Kyiv’s Soviet industrial legacy as prescribed in master plans of 1936 and 1947, and successive five-year plans. We profile five significant industrial complexes and their divergent fates today. We call for future transformations of Kyiv’s monumental Soviet industrial enterprises with enhanced awareness of heritage value.
ISSN:1538-5132
1552-6585
DOI:10.1177/1538513220939092