1. Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of the Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of the Moscow Metro.
13 Facts About Alexey Dushkin
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Alexey Dushkin worked primarily for subway and railroads and is noted for his Red Gate Building, one of the Seven Sisters.
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Alexey Dushkin studied chemistry in Kharkiv for three years since 1921, then transferred to architectural college and graduated in 1930.
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In 1932, Alexey Dushkin applied for the Palace of Soviets contest.
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Alexey Dushkin's draft did not win the main prize, but earned an invitation to Moscow to join the Palace design team, and later Ivan Fomin's Workshop No 3.
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Alexey Dushkin worked within this framework and very tight construction schedule.
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Alexey Dushkin proposed an interesting solution - decorate the pylons with wider arches, filling the gap between the fake and real arch with sculpture.
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Alexey Dushkin ignored my questions why he needed that and only asked to play Bach's fugue.
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Alexey Dushkin made eleven drafts of the station but chose only one, which was realized.
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In 1947, Alexey Dushkin received a highest credit, second class - the right to design one of Stalin's Seven sisters.
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Alexey Dushkin earned Stalin Prize for a conceptual draft in 1949 and completed the tower in 1951.
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Alexey Dushkin remained a professor at Moscow Architectural Institute until 1974, but had not built anything significant since 1955.
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Alexey Dushkin's granddaughter, Natalya Dushkina, is an architect and a vocal preservation advocate.