Organizational structure and functions of the public oversight authorities for architecture and construction in the largest cities - centers of Western Siberia regions in the 1940s - early 1950s
The article deals with the history of creation, structure, functions and powers of the public oversight authorities for architecture and construction at the ofﬁces of the main city architects in large cities - the centers of the Western Siberia regions. The oversight authority is regarded in the management structure of the architectural policy of the city authorities as a social institution of the second half of the 1940s - early 1950s. A comparative analysis was conducted of two departments of the city architect's ofﬁces in the administrative centers of the largest regions of Western Siberia - the historic city (Omsk) and the “young city” (Novosibirsk) to identify the features in the procedure for conducting expert control for architecture and construction. On the basis of archival documents, participants in the architectural and construction activity have been identiﬁed who monitor the construction work and the approval of a building in cities.