Proskuryakov's project for the Yenisey Bridge was awarded the Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

Lavr Dmitrievich Proskuryakov (August 18, 1858 — September 14, 1926) was a leading bridge builder of Imperial Russia. He was responsible for many bridges constructed along the Trans-Siberian Railway, including the one crossing the Kotorosl River in Yaroslavl (1896), another spanning the Yenisey near Krasnoyarsk (1898) and the Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur River (1916). In Moscow, he designed Andreyevsky Bridge and Krasnoluzhsky Bridge. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achivements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of... Trans-Siberian line in red; Baikal Amur Mainline in green. ... Kotorosl (Ко́торосль) — river in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Yaroslavl (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km NE of Moscow at 57°37′ N 39°51′ E The historical part of the city is located at confluence of Volga and Kotorosl. ... Енисей Length 5,550 (4,102) km Elevation of the source m Average discharge 19,600 m³/s Area watershed 2,580,000 km² Origin  ? Mouth Arctic Ocean Basin countries Russia The Yenisei basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Yenisei (Енисе́й) is a river... Krasnoyarsk Coat of Arms (2004) Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Красноя́рск), administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, is the third largest city in Siberia. ... Khabarovsk Railway Bridge is the longest bridge on the Trans-Siberian Railway. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: â–¶ (help· info)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Night view of Andreevsky Bridge Andreyevsky Railway Bridge across the Moskva River in Moscow was built between 1905 and 1907 to designs by Alexander Pomerantsev and Lavr Proskuryakov. ...

Proskuryakov was also known as a brilliant teacher. His textbook on construction engineering (in 2 volumes) went through six editions during his lifetime. Boris Paton compared Proskuryakov's bridges to Pushkin's poems, and the Proskuryakov Gold Medal was awarded for the best bridge designs since 1912. Construction engineering concerns the planning and management of the construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and reservoirs. ... Pushkin may refer to: People Aleksandr Pushkin - a famous Russian poet Apollo Mussin-Pushkin - chemist and plant collector Aleksei Musin-Pushkin - statesman, historian, art collector Other Pushkin, a town in Russia Pushkin Square - square in Moscow Pushkin Museum - fine arts museum in Moscow This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Reference

• "Pioneer of the Russian Bridge Science" (in Russian)