Viktor Vesnin
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (April 9, 1882 – September 17, 1950), was a Russian and Soviet architect. His early works (1909–1915) follow the canon of Neoclassicist Revival; in the 1920s, he and his brothers Leonid (1880–1933) and Alexander (1883–1959) emerged as leaders of Constructivist architecture, the Vesnin brothers. After the crackdown on Constructivism in 1931-32 and until his death, Viktor Vesnin was the highest-ranked architect in Soviet system, heading the Union of Soviet Architects and Academy of Architecture.
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Viktor Vesnin

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- Name
- Viktor Vesnin
- Born
- April 9, 1882
- Birthplace
- Yuryevets, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- September 17, 1950
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Birth Name
- Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- architect · politician
- Movements
- constructivist architecture
- Education
- Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Known for
- Dnipro Hydroelectric Station
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · Royal Gold Medal · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (April 9, 1882 – September 17, 1950), was a Russian and Soviet architect. His early works (1909–1915) follow the canon of Neoclassicist Revival; in the 1920s, he and his brothers Leonid (1880–1933) and Alexander (1883–1959) emerged as leaders of Constructivist architecture, the Vesnin brothers. After the crackdown on Constructivism in 1931-32 and until his death, Viktor Vesnin was the highest-ranked architect in Soviet system, heading the Union of Soviet Architects and Academy of Architecture.
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Viktor Vesnin studied at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Works named in the authority record are Dnipro Hydroelectric Station. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Royal Gold Medal, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Веснин Виктор Александрович
Журнал "Огонёк", № 6, 1938

Виктор Веснин, советский архитектор, действительный член Академии архитектуры СССР
Архитектура СССР. — 1935. — № 4.
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• Name — Viktor Vesnin • Born — April 9, 1882 • Birthplace — Yuryevets, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — September 17, 1950 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Practice — Vesnin Brothers, NKTP Architectural Board • Significant Buildings — DnieproGES • Significant Projects — Palace of Soviets, NKTP Building on Red Square • Birth Name — Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin
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Selected work
• Illustration — Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2017 • Illustration — Mostorg department store, 1928 • 1934 People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project • 1927-1932 DnieproGES, with Nikolai Kolli • 1930 Palace of Culture of the Proletarsky district, Moscow • 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow • 1926 Mostorg department store, Moscow • 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project • 1922-23 Palace of Labor project • 1915 Sirotkin House, Nizhny Novgorod • 1914 Mantashev Stables, Moscow Racetrack (with A.G.Izmirov, Alexander Vesnin)
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Viktor Vesnin is recorded as having studied at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
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1882
Viktor Vesnin was born in 1882 at Yuryevets.
1950
Viktor Vesnin died in 1950 at Moscow.
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- 1.Große Sowjetische Enzyklopädie: Веснины.
- 2.Чиняков А. Г. Братья Веснины. 1970.
- 3.Астафьева-Длугач М. И. Л., В. и А. Веснины (1880–1933, 1882–1950, 1883–1959). 1981.
- 4.Чередина И.С. Архитектор, который умел проектировать всё. К 125-летию со дня рождения академика В.А. Веснина. 2007.
- 5.Заволжск (abgerufen am 15. Mai 2018).
- 6.Васильев Н. Короткий период архитектурного лидерства. 2012.
- 7.Russische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Веснин Виктор Александрович (abgerufen am 16. Mai 2018).
- 8.(abgerufen am 16. Mai 2018).
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