In Literature and Culture
Ryszard Kapuscinski describes the demolition of the cathedral and the project of building the Palace of the Soviets in a chapter of his book Imperium.
The Pritzker Prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas describes the Palace of the Soviets in his 1995 book S,M,L,XL.
Ex-Soviet Spy Viktor Suvorov describes building the Palace of the Soviets as the ultimate sign of communist supremacy in the world, in the book "Last Republic".
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