Lev Aleksandrovich Ilyin (; 1880 in

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– 1942) was an

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

from the Soviet Union. Between 1925 and 1938 Lev Ilyin was the main architect of

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(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

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. During the

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, Ilyin died during a German bombing raid.

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1880 births 1942 deaths People from Rasskazovsky District People from Tambovsky Uyezd Soviet architects Victims of the Siege of Leningrad Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II {{Russia-architect-stub