Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky
Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky | |
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| Born | 17 March 1880 Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 April 1966 (aged 86) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1948) |
| Buildings | Hotel Ukraina (with Arkady Mordvinov, 1947–1957) |
| Projects | Skyscraper Construction in Moscow encyclopaedic edition |
Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Oltarzhevsky (Russian: Вячеслав Константинович Олтаржевский, 17 March 1880 – 24 April 1966) was a Russian and Soviet architect. He was one of the first Soviet experts in skyscraper construction, notable for his collaboration with Arkady Mordvinov on Hotel Ukraina (Moscow). Oltarzhevsky, one of the few architects hit by the Great Purge in 1938, survived it and returned to active practice in 1940s.