Iosif Langbard
Illustration — Iosif Langbard Iosif Grigor’evich Langbard, also Josef Langbard (6 January 1882 – 3 January 1951) was a Soviet Belarusian architect and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1934). Iosif Langbard was born in Bielsk Podlaski (Grodno Governorate), Langbard studied architecture at the Grekov Odessa Art school in 1901 and then St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1907–1914), and later returned there to teach becoming a professor from 1939 to 1950.
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Iosif Langbard
Iosif Lanhbard · Museum of History of Minsk · Public domain
- Born
- 1882 · Bielsk Podlaski.
- Died
- 1951 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Hrekov Odesa Art school · Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts
- Known for
- Government House of Belarus · Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour · Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR
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Illustration — Iosif Langbard Iosif Grigor’evich Langbard, also Josef Langbard (6 January 1882 – 3 January 1951) was a Soviet Belarusian architect and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1934). Iosif Langbard was born in Bielsk Podlaski (Grodno Governorate), Langbard studied architecture at the Grekov Odessa Art school in 1901 and then St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1907–1914), and later returned there to teach becoming a professor from 1939 to 1950.
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Iosif Langbard (1882–1951) was an architect and a national of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Russian Empire. Born in Bielsk Podlaski, the architect died in Saint Petersburg.
Iosif Langbard studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school. The architect worked in Kostroma, Minsk and Saint Petersburg, among others.
Works include Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus and Government House of Belarus. Iosif Langbard received Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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He was the architect of many of most important Soviet-era buildings in Minsk. Langbard also worked on buildings in Kyiv after it became the Ukrainian capital, such as the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He died in Leningrad.
Iosif Langbard studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Minsk, Vorsha and Saint Petersburg. Works named in the authority record are Government House of Belarus and Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR.
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• Illustration — Foreign Ministry, Kyiv • Illustration — Officers' House, Minsk • Illustration — Oblispolkom, Mogilev • Illustration — Government House, Minsk • Illustration — Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Minsk • Illustration — Officer's House, Minsk • Illustration — Government House, Minsk • Illustration — Government House, Minsk • Illustration — National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk
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Iosif Langbard is recorded as architect.
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1882
Iosif Langbard was born on 6 January 1882.
1951
Iosif Langbard died at Saint Petersburg.
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Bielsk Podlaski.
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Iosif Langbard is recorded as having studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Йосип Лангбард (третій зліва) з урядовцями на будівництві будівлі РНК УСРР у Києві. 1936 р.
Державний архів науково-технічної документації. Ф. 25. Оп. 2. Од. зб. 92. Арк. 1
Проєкт Урядового центра Києва.
Йосип Лангбард (1882—1951) · Білоруський державний архів науково-технічної документації. Ф. 25. Оп. 2. Од. зб. 14. Арк. 1
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- 1.Great Soviet Encyclopedia Langbard, Iosif Grigor’evich
- 2.Centropa: a journal of central European architecture and related arts:4 2004 "Almost all these buildings were designed by the architect Iosiph Langbard. The light grey facades of the mostly simple ground-plans of the buildings are remarkable examples of architecture representing a cross between Russian ..."
- 3.Kiev Ancient and Modern City Mykola Fedorovych Kotliar, "After the Ukrainian capital was moved to Kiev construction started on the central government square over the Dnieper Hills (architect IG Langbard). "
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