Semyon Fridlin

Semyon Fridlin (Russian: Семён Давидович Фридлин) ( December 28, 1909 – December 12, 1992) was a Soviet architect, who was the first architect to be awarded the title of Distinguished architect of the Moldavian SSR.

In 1932 he graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute, and lived in Kiev. Among his notable works were the music and drama theater in Zaporozhye (1947–1953) and Chernihiv (1958), Kiev Central Market Hall (1959), and the 18-storey Corps of Engineers building in Kiev (1975). In Chișinău he was responsible for the Government House (1960–1965) and the "Octombrie" Palace (now the National Palace, 1974).