. . "Stalinist architecture (Russian: \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043B\u0438\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u043C\u043F\u0438\u0301\u0440 stalinskiy ampir \u2013 Stalin's Empire style or Russian: \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043B\u0438\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0439 \u043D\u0435\u043E\u0440\u0435\u043D\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0430\u0301\u043D\u0441 stalinskiy neorenessans \u2013 Stalin's Neo-renaissance), also referred to as Stalinist Empire style, or Socialist Classicism, is a term given to architecture of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933, when Boris Iofan's draft for Palace of the Soviets was officially approved, and 1955, when Nikita Khrushchev condemned \"excesses\" of the past decades and disbanded the Soviet Academy of Architecture. "@en .