Ideas and proposals of the urban architect A.V. Makhrovskaya (1917‒1997) on the reconstruction of old residential areas and quarters of large cities

This article is devoted to the scientific activities of the outstanding architect-urban planner Alexandra Victorovna Mahrovskaja (1917 – 1997). With her name and the results of her works the scientific proposals of urban reconstruction of the historic parts of Leningrad are connected. From the beginning of the 1960-ies up to the middle of the 1990-ies she was the Chief of the Department of reconstruction of the Leningrad Urban Planning institute, where these proposals under her ruling were worked out. These ideas and proposals were presented in the monography “ Reconstruction of the old dwelling quarters of the large cities” which was published twice (in 1974 and 1986) and in numerous articles. The ideas and proposals of urban reconstruction of the historic central parts of Leningrad, presented by Mahrovskaja, became the basics of the guard of urban heritage of Leningrad and later of Saint Petersburg. They became the parts of the General Plan of Leningrad 1987 – 2005 and the General Plan of Saint Petersburg 2005 – 2025.