Sotsmisto (), or Sixth Settlement () is a residential neighborhood built in 1930s in

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. The ensemble is built in interwar modernist and constructivist style. This neighborhood is an outstanding example of a functional part of a modern industrial city that reflects values of early

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History

The construction of Sotsmisto of Zaporizhzhia was experimental, just like constructivism as a style in the 1920s and 1930s. The constructions reflect the romanticization of socialist ideas of early USSR. For example, the architecture incorporates art that is not characteristic of

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(the style that gained popularity after constructivism). Most examples of constructivist architecture are found in the neighborhood known as Sixth Settlement. The construction of Sotsmisto started with the Building of Culture of Metallurgists, but

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is considered the heart of industrial Zaporizhzhia. This is because the neighborhood was built primarily to house workers of DniproHES. The area was planned to embody the ideals of a Soviet

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Preservation

Sotsmisto is located under a protected zone in Zaporizhzhia together with the city centre. Attempts have been made to inscribe the Sotsmisto and DniproHES on the tentative World Heritage list.

Famous buildings

* The Round House * The House of Culture of Metallurgists * Ensemble of four houses designed by Olha Yafa. Its uniqueness lies in the decoration made from Armenian tuff, which is not envisaged by constructivist style. File:Круглий будинок, соцмістечко.JPG, The Round House File:Просп. Металургів, 4.jpg, Residential house at Metalurhiv Avenue, 4 File:Zaporizhzhya Metallurgiv 22 (YDS 9117).JPG, Residential house at Metalurhiv Avenue, 22 File:Житловий будинок з великих блоків, архітектори Г.Г. Вегман, Я.А. Бліндер вул. 40-річча Радянської України, 6.jpg, Residential house at Nezalezhnoi Ukrainy St., 6 File:Пр.Металургів,8-Б(1).JPG, Mall File:Запоріжжя, Лікарня пр. Металургів 7 (2).jpg, Hospital File:Osen 043-1.jpg, Housing complex of

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workers File:Фронтальний вид на клуб-їдальню, вул. Незалежної України (40 років Радянської України), 19.jpg, Palace of Culture of Metallurgists

References

{{Reflist Neighbourhoods in Ukraine Neighborhoods of Zaporizhzhia