Architectural patrimony of Braslau 2016 (V/V): Polish functionalism: civil-servant quarter designed by Juliusz Klos.
On September 17, 1939, Stalin’s Soviet Union, following its ally Nazi Germany’s September 1 invasion of Poland, invaded Poland from the east and occupied and annexed Belarusian (and Ukrainian) lands which had been incorporated into the interwar Polish Republic. Heavy Soviet confiscations and repressions followed. In June 1941 Nazi Germany invaded, occupied and devastated Soviet-occupied lands and their nations. In 1944-45, Soviet forces pushed the Nazi German forces out and re-occupied and re-annexed these lands and nations until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. In the midst of wholesale destruction from three total-war invasions in five years and decades of neglect under the postwar Soviet regime, this fine example of a functionalist residential ensemble survived. See also the photos of the day for September 29, 2015.
Архітэктурная спадчына Браслава 2016 г. (V/V): функцыяналізм з польскіх часоў: калонія ўраднікаў (архітэктар Юльюш Клос). Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня з 29 верасьня 2015 г.
Former Polish-era mayor’s residence.
Былы жылы дом старосты.
