Lev Rudnev
Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev (– 19 November 1956) was a Soviet architect, and a leading practitioner of Stalinist architecture.
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Lev Rudnev

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- Name
- Lev Rudnev
- Born
- 13 March 1885
- Birthplace
- Novgorod, Russian Empire
- Died
- 19 November 1956
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- architect · university teacher
- Movements
- Neoclassicism · Russian Neoclassical Revival · Stalinist Empire style
- Known for
- Palace of Culture and Science · Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev (– 19 November 1956) was a Soviet architect, and a leading practitioner of Stalinist architecture.
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• Name — Lev Rudnev • Born — 13 March 1885 • Birthplace — Novgorod, Russian Empire • Died — 19 November 1956 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Education — Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg • Significant Buildings — Palace of Culture and Science Moscow State University
Biography
Biography
Rudnev was born to the family of a school teacher in Novgorod. He graduated from the Riga Realschule (now the Riga 1st State Grammar School) and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg (1906). At the Academy he studied painting under Leon Benois and architecture under Ivan Fomin. From 1911 Rudnev was a success in various architectural competitions, and in 1915 he became a certified specialist in the art of architecture. After the February Revolution Rudnev won the competition for the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution on the Field of Mars in Petrograd (March 1917). The avant-garde monument there was built according to his design.[1] After the end of the Second World War, Lev Rudnev took active part in reconstructing the ruined cities of Voronezh, Stalingrad, Riga and Moscow. In 1922–1948 Rudnev was a professor at the Academy of Arts (former Imperial Academy of Arts) in Leningrad; in 1948–1952 he was a professor at the Moscow Architectural Institute. Rudnev was also a member of Academy of Architecture of the USSR. Rudnev's most remarkable architectural work is the ensemble of the Lomonosov Moscow State University on Sparrow Hills, then known as Lenin Hills (1948–1953, co-designed with S. Chernyshyov, P. Abrosimov, A. Khryakov, and engineer V. Nasonov). His Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland (1952–1955) resembles the markedly sculptural style of the MSU ensemble.
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Projects
• Illustration — Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2017 He was the author of many large scale Soviet projects, including: • M. V. Frunze Military Academy in Moscow (1939) • Administrative building on Shaposhnikov street (1934–1938) • Administrative building on Frunze embankment (1938–1955) • Main building of Moscow State University (1949–1953). This is probably the best known of his buildings, for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1949 • House of the Government of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in Baku (finished in 1952) • Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland (1952–1955) • Buildings of Latvian Academy of Sciences in Riga (1953–1956)
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• Illustration — The main building of Moscow State University • Illustration — Palace of Culture and Science
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Lev Rudnev is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as architect and university teacher.

Лев Владимирович Руднев — русский советский архитектор
Строительная газета. № 64 (2604), 8 июля 1939
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1885
Lev Rudnev was born on 13 March 1885.
1943
Chkalov Stairs is dated 1943.
1949
main building of Moscow State University is dated 1949.
1951
Main Building of the Ministry of Defense is dated 1951.
1952
Government House is dated 1952.
1953
Mikhail Lomonosov Monument at Vorobyovy Gory is dated 1953.
1953
House of Soviets is dated 1953.
1954
Statue of Dmitri Mendeleev in Moscow is dated 1954.
1955
Palace of Culture and Science is dated 1955.
1956
Lev Rudnev died on 19 November 1956.
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Lev Rudnev was born at Veliky Novgorod.
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Lev Rudnev died at Moscow.
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The circumstances in which Lev Rudnev stands. Associated with Russian Neoclassical Revival. Associated with Stalinist Empire style. Associated with Neoclassicism.
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His work is associated with Neoclassicism, Russian Neoclassical Revival and Stalinist Empire style. He was employed by Moscow Architectural Institute. Rudnev received Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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