Aleksej Sjtjusev
(1873–1949) rysk arkitekt
Aleksej Sjtjusev (1873–1949) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Aleksej Sjtjusev belongs to the chapter ‘Industrialisation’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Aleksej Sjtjusev was born in Chișinău and died in Moscow. Aleksej Sjtjusev trained at Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Aleksej Sjtjusev worked in Moscow, Chișinău, Bucharest, and Veliky Novgorod. Wikidata associates Aleksej Sjtjusev with Art Nouveau, Constructivism, and Renaissance Revival architecture. Aleksej Sjtjusev became a member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Imperial Russian Archaeological Society, and Academy of Architecture of the USSR. The awards include Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
The best-known works include ‘Lenin's Mausoleum’, ‘Kazan I’, ‘Kazansky railway station’, and ‘Komsomolskaya’. The catalogue has 12 buildings by Aleksej Sjtjusev. The dated buildings span the years 1864–1952. The buildings are in places such as Krasnoselsky District, Tverskoy District, Krasnoselskij, Tasjkent, and Moscow. They are in 5 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Aleksej Sjtjusev belong to the styles ‘Historicism’ and ‘Art Nouveau’.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Béla Lajta, Zivar bay Ahmadbayov, Vedat, Gustavo Giovannoni, and Eliel Saarinen.