Lev Ilyin
Lev Aleksandrovich Ilyin (1880 in Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire – 1942) was an architect from the Soviet Union. Between 1925 and 1938 Lev Ilyin was the main architect of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and an author of the overall map of Leningrad and material in the sphere of town-planning. He served as the general director of the Russian State Research and Design Institute of Urbanism.
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Lev Ilyin
Архитектурная газета, 1937, № 46, 24 июня · Public domain
- Name
- Lev Ilyin
- Born
- 25 June 1879
- Birthplace
- Moscow, RSFSR
- Died
- 11 December 1942
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Education
- Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Order of Saint Stanislaus and 3rd class
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Lev Aleksandrovich Ilyin (1880 in Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire – 1942) was an architect from the Soviet Union. Between 1925 and 1938 Lev Ilyin was the main architect of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and an author of the overall map of Leningrad and material in the sphere of town-planning. He served as the general director of the Russian State Research and Design Institute of Urbanism.
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Lev Ilyin (1879–1942) was an architect, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The architect died in Saint Petersburg.
Lev Ilyin was educated at Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps. The architect worked in Baku, Dushanbe and Saint Petersburg, among others. Honours include Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class.
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During the Siege of Leningrad, Ilyin died during a German bombing raid.
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• Name — Lev Ilyin • Native Name — Лев Александрович Ильин • Citizenship — Soviet, Russian • Born — 25 June 1879 • Birthplace — Moscow, RSFSR • Died — 11 December 1942 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg • Education — Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps • Significant Projects — City plan of Saint Petersburg
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1942
Lev Ilyin died at Saint Petersburg.
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- 1.Milyutin, V.V. Об архитекторе, академике Л. А. Ильине. / В. В. Милютина и о ней. Prometheus. 40-43. 1991.
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