Viktor Vesnin
Viktor Vesnin | |
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| Born | Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin April 9, 1882 Yuryevets, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 17, 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Vesnin Brothers, NKTP Architectural Board |
| Buildings | DnieproGES |
| Projects | Palace of Soviets, NKTP Building on Red Square |
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian: Виктор Александрович Веснин; 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. As a lead architect for heavy construction, he supervised many industrial projects, but his own visionary drafts of this period never materialized.