Lev Ilyin Explained

Lev Ilyin
Native Name:Лев Александрович Ильин
Native Name Lang:ru
Nationality:Russian
Citizenship:Soviet, Russian
Birth Date:25 June 1879
Birth Place:Moscow, RSFSR
Death Place:Saint Petersburg
Alma Mater:Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps
Significant Projects:City plan of Saint Petersburg

Lev Aleksandrovich Ilyin (; 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Milyutin, V.V. . Об архитекторе, академике Л. А. Ильине. / В. В. Милютина и о ней . Prometheus . 1991 . 40-43 . ru . About the architect, academician L. A. Ilyin. / V.V. Milutina and about her..