Viktor Vesnin
Russian architect (1882-1950) · Russia · On the map · Architects · Died at 68
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, 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.
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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.
