Schuseva Alexey Alexey Shchusev was born in 1873 in Chisinau, the son of the superintendent of municipal hospital. After graduating in 1897, the Academy of Arts, Schusev engaged in the research of building and restoration work. He urged architects to creative processing traditions of Old Russian architecture, and he embodied it in their projects. In 1910 A. V. Schusev received the title of academician of the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1918 - 1925, he was a chief architect of the project "New Moscow" - the reconstruction of the capital master plan. Much has been
Schuseva as director of the State Tretyakov Gallery in 1926 - 1929 years.
Alexey Shchusev several important architectural projects: the Church - a monument on the Kulikovo field, the Kazan station in Moscow, the mausoleum. I. Lenin, the Institute of Marxism - Leninism in Tbilisi Opera and Ballet A. Nova in Tashkent, etc.. The draft mausoleum. I.
Schuseva Lenin in 1930 was awarded the title of Honored Architect of the USSR. During the Great Patriotic War, he drafted a reconstruction of destroyed by the fascists of the ancient cities, including Novgorod. The architectural look of the old and young Novgorod for many years been the subject of interest of the architect. Much effort to Schusev pedagogical and social work. Only in Soviet times, he has published over 200 papers. The buildings, which the author was a. V. Schusev, four marked the USSR State Prize. The scientist was awarded the Order of Lenin and the two Orders of Red Banner of Labor. Died A. V. Schusev May 24, 1949 in Moscow. Named after the architect based his museum of Russian architecture of Moscow, the streets of Moscow and Novgorod.
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