Georgi Mikhailovich Orlov
Georgi Michailowitsch Orlow ( Russian Георгий Михайлович Орлов ; * March 13th July / March 26th 1901 greg. In Kursk , Russian Empire ; † April 16, 1985 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) was a Russian-Soviet architect and university lecturer.
Life
Orlov studied from 1921 to 1926 at the Moscow State Technical University . He was a student of Viktor Wesnin . From 1933 he taught at what is now the Moscow National Research University for Construction . Orlov was secretary of the constructivist architects' association OSA and a member of the editorial board of its newspaper Sovremenaya architektura .
1962 to 1963 he was Vice President of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction . From 1963 to 1981 he was the first secretary of the board of the Union of Architects of the USSR . 1972 to 1975 he was President of the Union Internationale des Architectes . From 1979 he was a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR .
Orlow was married to the artist and designer Irina Orlowa-Kupezio .
Works (selection)
- State Theater in Samarkand (1927)
- Hydroelectric power station on the Bug (1932)
- Kachowskaya hydropower plant (1951–57)
- Kremenchug hydropower plant (1955)
- Algirdas-Brazauskas hydroelectric power station Kaunas (1960)
- Bratsk hydropower plant (1960–68)
Awards
- Honored Architect of the People of the USSR (1970)
- Stalin Prize (1951)
- State Prize of the USSR for Architecture
- twice Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow"
- Anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Web links
- Information about Georgi Orlov (Russian)
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SURNAME | Orlow, Georgi Michailowitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Орлов, Георгий Михайлович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Soviet architect and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kursk , Russian Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1985 |
Place of death | Moscow , Soviet Union |