Materials for a brief history of urban planning were collected and developed at the Academy of Architecture of the USSR on the eve of the Great Patriotic War in order to create a manual for architects and students of architectural universities. However, the composition of the book itself (with the writing of a new text, with analyzes and the final selection of illustrations) was entirely during the war during 1942-1943. One of the first generalizing works on the history of urban planning, covering urban planning of leading countries. Books on similar topics on the site :Fletcher , B. History of architecture compiled by comparative method: Volume 1. The second . Tom Third