Lev Ilyin

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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.

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

References[edit]

  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.