Valentin Alexandrovich Kamensky

Valentin Alexandrovich Kamensky ( Russian Валентин Александрович Каменский ; born September 16 ^{. Jul} / 29. September 1907 ^greg. In Tula , Russian Empire ; † 20th November 1975 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) was a Russian-Soviet architect and urban planner. He was the chief architect of Leningrad from 1951 to 1971 .

Life

In 1931 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Industrial Engineering . From 1931 to 1939 he taught at this. From 1941 he taught at the State University of Architecture and Construction in Leningrad . He has been a professor since 1959 . From 1951 to 1971 Kamenski was chief architect of Leningrad and dealt intensively with the preservation of historic buildings. In 1970 he received the honorary title of Honored Architect of the People of the USSR , the highest award for architects in the Soviet Union, with which only 45 architects were awarded.

He was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.

Oktyabrsky concert hall (2011)

(with sculptor GF Wetjutnew) Triumphal Arch in Artow (1945; not preserved)
Renovation of building N7 on Liteiny Prospekt (1946) and house N11 on Pestelstrasse with the memorial stele for the heroes of Hanko (together with Anna Aloisowna Leiman )
Head of planning at Prospekt Statschek (1951–55)
Head of planning for the Datschnoe district in Leningrad (from 1960)
Master plan for Leningrad (1963–1990)
(with Shan Verzhizki and Alexander Schuk ) Oktyabrsky concert hall (1967)
(as architect with Sergei Speranski , sculptor Michail Anikuschin ) Monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad (1974-75)

personal data
SURNAME	Kamensky, Valentin Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Каменский, Валентин Александрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian-Soviet architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tula , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	20th November 1975
Place of death	Leningrad , Soviet Union