Where did the Soviets get the style for the “Stalin style buildings” in Moscow?

Question by : Where did the Soviets get the style for the “Stalin style buildings” in Moscow built during the 1930s-1950s?
as it seems that even today that many Russians are stuck in this mode or style today? how so and is the university Moscow State University the main building with this style? which others and when built? again, where, adopted this style from? how about the buildings along Tverskaya ulitsa, etc? WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC NAME FOR THIS STYLE?

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Answer by Slava T
It’s called “Stalin’s Empire style”. See the links below for general information and for some references.
I am not a historian of art but as I understand this architectural style developed as the USSR was positioning itself as the centre of the socialism which (from the Soviet ideological Marxist point of view) would eventually win in the whole world. It’s interesting to see as the Russian pre-revolutionary art nouveau style (it’s called “modErn” in Russian) and Russian neoclassical style in architecture gave a way to constructivism (see the link below) of the first years after the revolution of 1917 and then evolved into Stalin’s Empire style.
Generally Stalin’s style is a revival of the “Imperial” architecture with so many borrowings from the classical Greek and Roman architecture. Its purpose was to awe inspire people with the achievements of the socialism.

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