Nikolai Alexandrovich Milyutin
Nikolai Alexandrovich Milyutin ( Russian Николай Александрович Милютин ; born December 9 . Jul / 21st December 1889 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † 4. October 1942 ) was a Russian and Soviet revolutionary , politician and architectural theorist .
From 1924 to 1929 he was People's Commissar of Finance and from 1929 to 1930 Chairman of the Small Council of People's Commissars . In addition to his political activities, Milyutin also distinguished himself as an architectural theorist. He was an essential representative of the linear city concept , which he presented in his book Sozgorod .
Life
Milyutin was born in Saint Petersburg in 1889. His father was a fisherman, whose ancestors were of noble origin and related to the Miljutin family. He did not mention this origin in later biographies.
In 1908 he joined the social democratic party. From 1907 to 1909 he studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Free Polytechnic ( Russian Вольный Политехникум Wolny Politechnikum ) in Saint Petersburg. He then attended the Stieglitz school for technical drawing in Saint Petersburg. He did not complete his art or architecture studies.
From 1910 he worked in the Russian Transport and Insurance Company and was responsible for the health insurance of workers.
On October 26th, Jul. / November 8, 1917 greg. he commanded the troop of workers who attacked the Winter Palace from the side of the arch of the General Staff building.
Milyutin had a close personal relationship with Lenin and the architect Moissei Ginsburg . From 1928 to 1930 he had Moissei Ginsburg and Ignati Milinis build the Narkomfin-Kommunehaus for the employees of the People's Commissariat for Finance (Narkomfin). Milyutin may also have been partially involved in the design. He lived in the building's penthouse apartment.
In 1930 his book “Sozgorod” appeared in an edition of 7,000 copies, which deals with the theory of socialist urban planning.
From 1931 to 1934 he was the editor of the magazine Sovetskaya architektura .
He was the artistic director of the project for the Palace of the Soviets .
Milyutin died of natural causes in 1942.
Fonts (selection)
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Sozgorod . 1930 (Russian, edition: 7,000)
- Sozgorod . Problems of planning socialist cities. Facsimile of the original edition and German translation. DOM Publishers, Berlin 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Sozgorod. Problems of planning socialist cities. Epilogue . DOM Publishers, Berlin 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milyutin, Nikolai Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Милютин, Николай Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian and Soviet revolutionary, politician and architectural theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1942 |