Iosif Grigor’evich Langbard, also Josef Langbard (6 January 1882 in

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– 3 January 1951 in

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) was a Soviet Belarusian

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and

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(1934). Langbard studied architecture at the

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in 1901 and then St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1907-1914), and later returned there to teach becoming a professor from 1939 to 1950. He was the architect of many of most important Soviet-era buildings in

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. Langbard also worked on buildings in

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after it became the Ukrainian capital,Kiev Ancient and Modern City Mykola Fedorovych Kotliar, "After the Ukrainian capital was moved to Kiev construction started on the central government square over the Dnieper Hills (architect IG Langbard). " such as the building of the

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Works

* Monument to

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

Gallery

File:Foreign Ministery.jpg, Foreign Ministry, Kyiv File:Belarus-Minsk-Army Palace and Tank Monument.jpg, Officers' House, Minsk File:Магілёў. Дом урада.JPG, ''Oblispolkom'', Mogilev File:Belarus-Minsk-House of Government and Vladimir Lenin Monument-1.jpg, Government House, Minsk File:Belarus-Minsk-Academy of Sciences-2.jpg, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Minsk File:Belarus-Minsk-Army Palace and Tank Monument-2.jpg, Officer's House, Minsk File:Belarus-Minsk-House of Government-1.jpg, Government House, Minsk File:House of Government in Minsk.jpg, Government House, Minsk File:Theatre opera&ballet, Minsk.JPG, National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk

References

External links

* Berkovich, Gary. Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Volume 2. Soviet Avant-garde: 1917–1933. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. 2021. P. 162
Архитектор Иосиф Григорьевич Лангбард (1882—1951). К 125- летию со дня рождения

* ttp://archives.gov.by/index.php?id=202804 Творчество архитектора И. Г. Лангбарда *
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