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Conceived in 1922 and formalized in the early 1930s, the palace was designed to symbolize the "victory of socialism". Its scale was unprecedented:

The main hall was designed to seat over 20,000 people. palace of soviets

The project required the demolition of the , which was blown up on Stalin's orders in 1931 to make room for the "neoclassical citadel". This act was deeply controversial and led some artists, such as the cathedral's choirmaster Pavel Chesnokov, to renounce their careers in protest. Construction and Failure Conceived in 1922 and formalized in the early