Nationality Russian Name Viktor Vesnin Awards Royal Gold Medal | Occupation Architect Role Architect | |
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Born April 9, 1882 Yuryevets Practice Vesnin Brothers, NKTP Architectural Board Projects Palace of Soviets, NKTP Building on Red Square Died September 17, 1950, Moscow, Russia Buildings Dnieper Hydroelectric Station Siblings Alexander Vesnin, Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin Structures Dnieper Hydroelectric Station | ||
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian:Viktor aleksandrovich Vesnin, 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.
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