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Lev Ilyin

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Lev Ilyin
Лев Александрович Ильин
Born (1879-06-25) 25 June 1879 (age 145)
DiedDecember 11, 1942(1942-12-11) (aged 63)
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSoviet, Russian
Alma materAlexandrovsky Cadet Corps
OccupationArchitect
ProjectsCity plan of Saint Petersburg

Lev Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Лев Александрович Ильин; 1880 in Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire – 1942) was an architect from the Soviet Union.

Between 1925 and 1938 Lev Ilyin was the main architect of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and an author of the overall map of Leningrad and material in the sphere of town-planning. He served as the general director of the Russian State Research and Design Institute of Urbanism.

During the Siege of Leningrad, Ilyin died during a German bombing raid.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Milyutin, V.V. (1991). Об архитекторе, академике Л. А. Ильине. / В. В. Милютина и о ней [About the architect, academician L. A. Ilyin. / V.V. Milutina and about her.] (in Russian). Prometheus. pp. 40–43.