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Vesnin brothers

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Andrei D. Sarabianov
Art historian and art critic. Author of The Unknown Russian Avant-Garde and Ivan Kliun.
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Vesnin brothers, architectural partnership of three brothers who individually and as a team contributed significantly to the development of Russian and Soviet architecture. The brothers were Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. Nov. 28 [Dec. 10, New Style], 1880, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia—d. Oct. 8, 1933, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. March 28 [April 9], 1882, Yuryevets, Ivanov province, Russia—d. Sept. 17, 1950, Moscow), and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. May 16 [May 28], 1883, Yuryevets —d. Nov. 7, 1959, Moscow). Leonid, the oldest of the brothers, attended the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg (1900–09), while the other two brothers graduated ...(100 of 385 words)

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