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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:36:09 +0530
Architect Lev Rudnev, the Author of the Colossus of MSU
The imposing monumental buildings projected by the famous Soviet
architect Lev Rudnev cannot but leave a lasting impression of stern
beauty and might. His giants of the Moscow State University (MSU) and
the Frunze Military Academy make up a specific face of the capital of
Russia.
Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev was born on March 13, 1885 into a teacher’s
family in the town of Opochka. He graduated a college and an art school
in Riga (Latvia) and in 1906 entered the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
During his studies already Rudnev started his architecture design and
building construction practice. Along with academic classes he gained
deeper perception of classical Russian architecture while working as an
assistant in the architect Fomin’s workshop. The very first independent
project of the student Rudnev attracted attention of the Association of
Architect Artists.
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http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/visual_arts/390/
