COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bierut, Bolesław, 1892-1956
Date:
1951
Short Title:
Ориентационный план перспективных рисунков.
Publisher:
Książka i Wiedza
Publisher Location:
Warsaw
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
30
Obj Width cm:
24
Note:
Map representing Warsaw. Title of map translates to: Orientation plan of perspective drawings. Map shows roads, buildings, and drainage. Printed in black. Map is 30 x 24 cm, on sheet 33 x 24 cm..
City:
Warsaw (Poland)
Full Title:
Ориентационный план перспективных рисунков.
List No:
14513.211
Page No:
273
Series No:
211
Publication Author:
Bierut, Bolesław, 1892-1956
Pub Date:
1951
Pub Title:
Болеслав Берут. Шестилетний план восстановления Варшавы : Графическое оформление, диаграммы, планы и макеты выполнены на основе материалов и проектов бюро по планированию Варшавы. Ксенжка и Ведза.
Pub Note:
Шестилетний план восстановления Варшавы : Графическое оформление, диаграммы, планы и макеты выполнены на основе материалов и проектов бюро по планированию Варшавы, by Bolesław Bierut. Published by Książka i Wiedza in Warsaw, in 1951. Title translates to: Six-year plan for the reconstruction of Warsaw : Graphic design, diagrams, plans and layouts based on materials and projects of the Warsaw Planning Office. This multi-media book illustrates the report on the Soviet-led initiative to rebuild Warsaw, Poland, after the destruction caused by the Second World War. This report was given at the Warsaw Conference of the Polish United Workers Party on July 3rd, 1949. In addition to diagrams and plans, the book also includes photographic views, drawings, and maps. Maps show roads, districts, and drainage, as well as plans for the reconstruction of central Warsaw. Bound in board with cream colored fabric, gilt cover and spine title, each with decorative borders. Emblem at the bottom of the spine is that of the publisher, Książka i Wiedza, Warsaw. First and only edition. One of the last photo-books of the Stalin era, it provides a glimpse of Warsaw during the period of post-war reconstruction and development. The book itself is a classic example of its genre: large format, gold embossing, coated paper, little text, many photographs, diagrams and graphs - demonstrating the advantages of the socialist model over capitalism. One of the book’s main techniques is the comparison of the same sites photographed in 1945 - the first post-war year - and again after 1949, when the achievements of rebuilding became visible. A highlight of the book are 25 fold-out sheets, which depict views and plans of an imagined future Warsaw in 1955, with the sister skyscrapers to the seven Moscow high-rises, the Stalinist Empire architectural style. A comparison technique is also used here: on the back of the folding sheets are photographs depicting streets, squares, or districts in 1949, with the fold-out showing a drawing of the same site as proposed by the Six-Year Plan. The book includes plans for the design of the metro. Intended for completion by 1955, it was actually launched 40 years later, in 1995. Few of the other proposals were implemented. The book serves as a vivid illustration of late Stalinist USSR, and the intentions of the Soviet Empire for the countries of the Eastern Bloc. The historical significance of this book is due, in part, to its author, Boleslaw Bierut (1892-1956), who was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of communist-ruled Poland from 1947 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 to 1947, President of Poland from 1947 to 1952, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1948 to 1956, and Prime Minister of Poland from 1952 to 1954. Titles given for the views are largely taken from the accompanying descriptive text, which are presented as captions.
Pub List No:
14513.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
34
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
14513211.jp2
Authors:
Bierut, Bolesław, 1892-1956
