Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian: Леони́д Александрович Веснин; 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1880 – 8 October 1933), was a Russian and Soviet architect. The oldest of Vesnin brothers, who were influential in developing Constructivist architecture.

Biography

Leonid Aleksandrovich was born on 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1880 in a merchant family in Nizhny Novgorod.[1] He went to Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences from 1890 to 1899. In 1900 he got into Imperial Academy of Arts and was a student of Leon Benois until he graduated in 1909.[2]

Selected work

Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2017
  • 1934 People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project
  • 1930 Palace of Culture of the Proletarskie district, Moscow
  • 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow
  • 1926 Mostorg Department store, Moscow
  • 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project
  • 1922-23 Palace of Labor project[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Polyakova, L. L. (May 1, 1984). "Metricheskaya kniga povedala o Vesninykh". Gazeta "Volga" №52.
  2. ^ Lisovskiy, V. G. (2003). Leontiy Benua. SPb.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Russian Utopia: a depository at www.utopia.ru



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