Lev Rudnev

Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev (Russian: Лев Владимирович Руднев; 13 March 1885 [O.S. 1 March]-November 19, 1956) was a Russian architect, representant of the Stalinist architecture. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Ciara Danille Bowers is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Unrealised design for the Palace of Soviets, Moscow. ...

Lev was born to a family of a school teacher in the town of Opochka (other sources state Novgorod). He graduted from the Riga real school and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg (1906). At the Academy he studied painting under Leon Benois and architecture under Ivan Alexandrovich Fomin. In 1915 Rudnev received classification of the artist-architect. Opochka (Опочка in Russian) is a town in the Pskov Oblast in Russia. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ... The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Leon Benois (Russian: Leontiy Nikolayevich Benua, 1856-1928) was a Russian architect, son of Nicholas Benois, brother of Alexandre Benois and grandfather of Sir Peter Ustinov. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

After the February Revolution Rudnev won the competition for the monument to the Victims of the Revolution on the Field of Mars in Petrograd (March of 1917). The avant-gard monument there was built by his project. In 1922-1948 Rudnev is a Professor of the Academy of Arts (former Imperial Academy of Arts) in Leningrad; in 1948-1952 he is a Professor at the Moscow Institute for Architecture (Moskovskij Arkhitekturny Institut). Rudnev was also a member of Soviet Academy of Architecture. The February Revolution (N.S.: March Revolution) of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Rumyantsev Obelisk used to grace the Field of Mars until 1818, when it was moved to its present location on Vasilievsky Island. ...

The main building of the Moscow State University is designed by Lev Rudnev and co-authors

He was the author of many Soviet large scale (sometime described as megalomaniac) projects, including: Download high resolution version (1024x768, 170 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 170 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and arguably the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (and largest city) Moscow Official languages None; Russian de facto Government Socialist Republic/Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev... Look up megalomania in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• Frunze Military Academy in Moscow (1939),
• Administrative building on Shaposhnikov street( 1934-1938);
• Administrative building on Frunze embankment (1938-1955);
• Buildings of Latvian Academy of Sciences in Riga
• The main building of Moscow State University) - 1949-1953, probably the best known of his buildings, Stalin Prize of 1949;
• House of the Government of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in Baku (finished in 1952);
• Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw in Poland (1952-1955)

Latvian Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences is the official science academy of Latvia and is an association of the countrys foremost scientists. ... Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and arguably the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... State motto: Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин! Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: +99450 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... Palace of Culture and Science The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki, PKiN) in Warsaw is a controversial gift from the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the people of Warsaw in Poland, which, at the time (the 1950s), was a satellite state of the USSR... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...

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