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- This group of 183 photographs documents the study trip of September 1932 to the Soviet Union organized by André Bloc, editor of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (PH1987:0633-PH1987:0815). There are 162 views of buildings, 20 portraits, and one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (PH1987:0700). - There are 77 views of buildings in Kharkov, Zaporozhe and Kiev [?], Soviet Union (now Ukraine). The 32 views of buildings in Kharkov include: 14 views of Dzerzhinskaya Square showing the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings and/or the House of Planning Organizations buildings; six views of the Head Post Office; six views of workers' housing and the club-cafeteria of the Kharkov Tractor Plant (KhTZ) Settlement; four views of the Automated Telephone Station (ATS); and one view each of Revolution Theatre and industrial housing. Also included is one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism. -- The 44 views of buildings in Zaporozhe include: 28 views of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station, one an interior view; one view of the Dneprostroi Head Office building; 12 views of communal housing, two showing the cafeteria; two views of an apartment house, and one view of a store entrance. -- There is one view of an entrance to a Dinamo Stadium, possibly in Kiev. - There are 55 views of buildings in Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union (now Russia). The 49 views of buildings in Moscow include: 20 views of the All-Union Electro-Technical Association administration building; 10 views of the VTsIK residential complex, including two views of the clubhouse; five views of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building; three views of Dinamo Stadium; two views of the Zuev Club (club for communal services workers); and one view each of Udarnik Cinema, Mechanized Canteen no. 1, a square with the Kremlin in the background, and the Hotel Octobre. There are also five views of communal housing in Moscow. -- The six views of buildings in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) include four views of the Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, one view of an apartment house, and one view of a park [?] entrance with the Admiralty in the background. - There are six views of buildings in Poland including: four views of the Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw (...)