Yakov Belopolsky
Among other work, he was responsible for the design of the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1950, and was granted the title of People's Architect of the USSR in 1988.
Also recorded as Yakov Belopol’sky · Yakov Borisovich Belopol’sky · Yakov Borisovich Belopolski · Iakov Bielopolski
Yakov Belopolsky
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- Name
- Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky
- Born
- 23 April 1916
- Birthplace
- Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Died
- 5 May 1993
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian Federation
- Awards
- People's Architect of the USSR (1988)
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Moscow Architectural Institute
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Lenin Prize · People's Architect of the USSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Among other work, he was responsible for the design of the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1950, and was granted the title of People's Architect of the USSR in 1988.
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Yakov Belopolsky studied at Moscow Architectural Institute. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is architecture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Moscow and Novorossiysk. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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• Name — Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky • Native Name — Яков Борисович Белопольский Яків Борисович Білопільський • Born — 23 April 1916 • Birthplace — Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine) • Died — 5 May 1993 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian Federation • Awards — People's Architect of the USSR (1988) • Illustration — Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences • Illustration — Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin. Yakov Borisovich Belopolski was a Soviet architect.
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Yakov Belopolsky is recorded as having received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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1916
Yakov Belopolsky born at Kyiv.
1993
Yakov Belopolsky died at Moscow.
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Literature
• Berkovich, Gary. Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Volume 4. Modernized Socialist Realism: 1955–1991. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. 2022.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Yakov Belopol’sky, Yakov Borisovich Belopol’sky, Yakov Borisovich Belopolski and Iakov Bielopolski. His recorded language was Russian. Belopolsky received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Lenin Prize and People's Architect of the USSR.
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