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Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine

Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine rather than just read about it. In short: The printing plant of Ogonyok magazine in Moscow, designed by El Lissitzky, is likely the only extant building based on Lissitzky's blueprints. Located at 17, 1st Samotechny Lane, it is Lissitzky's only realized architectural work.

Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine — main illustration
Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine — illustration

Key takeaways

  • Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The printing plant of Ogonyok magazine in Moscow, designed by El Lissitzky, is likely the only extant building based on Lissitzky's blueprints. Located at 17, 1st Samotechny Lane, it is Lissitzky's only realized architectural work. Lissitzky was asked to design the printing house on 2 March 1930, and construction took place between 1931 and 1933. As his health worsened, the architect M. Barshch completed the project. Lissitzky's other architectural projects, including a textile plant, a yacht club, a communal apartment block and a publishing house for the newspaper Pravda, were never built. The Ogonyok plant was the only one to be realized. The building served as Ogonyok magazine's printing plant until 1938, when it was taken over by Soviet security agencies. It remained in the hands of their successor organisations, including the NKVD, MGB, KGB and FSB, into the 1990s. By the early 2000s, the building had been abandoned. The building was rediscovered by chance in 2007, when staff of the Russian Avant-Garde Fund found previously unknown blueprints for the plant in a Moscow archive while researching plans for a development on the neighbouring plot. In June 2007, the fund filed a request to list the building on the heritage register. It was included in the Register of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow on 26 July 2007. In September 2007, the city commission (Moskomnasledie) approved the request and passed it to the city government for final approval, which came on 21 August 2008. By this time, the site was in conflict with a planned development on the adjacent plot. The project, known as the "Lumiere" residential complex for the Cinematographers' Union, was developed by Inteko and had received its own building permit in April 2008. On 12 October 2008, the same day a fence was erected around the Lumiere construction site, a fire broke out in three separate places on the printing plant's roof. Firefighters who arrived at the scene initially refused to enter the property, stating that it was closed territory belonging to the FSB. A television camera crew was called, and only after its arrival was the fire extinguished. By then, it had been burning for an additional hour. Without a roof, the building was further damaged by exposure to rain and snow over the following years. A temporary roof was not installed until spring 2013. In 2009, an attempt was made to remove the building from the register of protected monuments. It was stopped following opposition from the architectural preservation community. Between 2009 and 2011, the building's official address changed several times. By 2012, protected status covered only part of the wider Ogonyok complex, which comprises several structures. One portion had by then been stripped of its original interior, while another retained only its facade. In 2012, its status was upgraded to regional landmark. It was also announced that the building would be restored and become part of a hotel complex. Department of Culture officials described the building at the time as "a real masterpiece" that would be given "a second life" through restoration. Despite these plans, work carried out since then has involved extensive alteration rather than restoration. Windows, internal walls and roof structures were removed despite the building's protected status.

References

External links

Moscow authorities' campaign of 'cultural vandalism' continues apace, Rob Gregory, "The Architectural Review", March 2010 Lissitzky printing plant and Zhurgaz house A letter from Moscow Printing plant of "Ogonyok" magazine by El Lissitzky - video

Illustrations

Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine: The print shop designed by El Lissitzky, showing the least damaged south end of the building
The print shop designed by El Lissitzky, showing the least damaged south end of the building
Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine: The building from a different angle
The building from a different angle

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine

In research
Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union, Buildings and structures completed in 1932, Buildings and structures in Moscow, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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  2. Close the page and write down what Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine in simple terms?

The printing plant of Ogonyok magazine in Moscow, designed by El Lissitzky, is likely the only extant building based on Lissitzky's blueprints. Located at 17, 1st Samotechny Lane, it is Lissitzky's only realized architectural work.

Why does Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Printing plant of Ogonyok magazine?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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Tags

  • Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union
  • Buildings and structures completed in 1932
  • Buildings and structures in Moscow
  • Constructivist architecture
  • Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow
  • Russian avant-garde
  • Works by El Lissitzky

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