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Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin | |
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| Born | December 24, 1904 Alexandrovka, Kharkiv Region |
| Died | October 8, 1977 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Moscow Metro stations |
| Projects | Palace of Soviets, 1932 |
Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin (24 December 1904 - 8 October 1977) was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of Moscow Metro. He worked primarily for subway and railroads and is also noted for his Red Gates administrative building, one of Seven Sisters.
Life
In November 1955, Dushkin's railroad terminals became a subject of Khruschev's famous decree "On liquidation of excesses in construction...", which spelled the end of Stalinist architecture. Khruschev asserted that costs and volume of these buildings were inflated three times above reasonable estimates. Work of Dushkin's junior architects was ostracized too. Dushkin lost his chair of Chief Railway Architect.
Buildings
- 1935 Kropotkinskaya station, Moscow Metro
- 1938 Ploshchad Revolyutsii station, Moscow Metro
- 1938 Mayakovskaya station, Moscow Metro
- 1944 Avtozavodskaya station, Moscow Metro
- 1947-1953 Red Gates skyscraper (Ministry of rail transport), Moscow
- 1949 Railway terminal, Simferopol
- 1950 Railway terminal, Dnepropetrovsk
- 1951 Railway terminal, Sochi
- 1953 Novoslobodskaya station, Moscow
- 1953-1957 Detsky Mir department store, Moscow