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Leonid Vesnin

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Leonid Vesnin
Born	Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1880 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Died	8 October 1933 Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts
Occupation	Architect
Parent(s)	Vesnin Alexander Alexandrovich, Vesnina (Ermolaeva) Elizaveta Alekseevna
Practice	Vesnin brothers
Buildings	ZIL Palace of culture Mostorg Department store
Projects	Leningradskaya Pravda Narkomtyazhprom

Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian: Леони́д Александрович Веснин; 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1880 – 8 October 1933), was a Russian and Soviet architect. The oldest of Vesnin brothers, who were influential in developing Constructivist architecture.

Leonid Aleksandrovich was born on 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1880 in a merchant family in Nizhny Novgorod.^[1] He went to Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences from 1890 to 1899. In 1900 he got into Imperial Academy of Arts and was a student of Leon Benois until he graduated in 1909.^[2]

• 1934 People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project
• 1930 Palace of Culture of the Proletarskie district, Moscow
• 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow
• 1926 Mostorg Department store, Moscow
• 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project
• 1922-23 Palace of Labor project^[3]

• Leonid VesninatarchINFORM
• Leonid Alexandrovich Vesnin, photographs, Canadian Centre for Architecture (digitized items)

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