| Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 9, 1882 Yuryevets |
| Died | September 17, 1950 Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Work | |
| Practice | Vesnin Brothers, NKTP Architectural Board |
| Buildings | DnieproGES |
| Projects | Palace of Soviets, NKTP Building on Red Square |
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian:Виктор Александрович Веснин, 1882–1950), was a Russian Soviet architect. His early works (1909–1915) follow the canon of Neoclassicist Revival; in 1920's, 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.[1][2]
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