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Konstantin Melnikov

Russian architect
Also known as: Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov
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Andrei D. Sarabianov
Art historian and art critic. Author of The Unknown Russian Avant-Garde and Ivan Kliun.
Andrei D. Sarabianov
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Konstantin Melnikov (born July 22 [August 3, New Style], 1890, Moscow, Russian Empire—died November 28, 1974, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian architect who is usually associated with Constructivism, an art movement that combined an appreciation of technology and the machine with the use of modern industrial materials. However, his unique vision had its foundations in classical forms and embraced the best of several contemporary movements. Melnikov was born into a peasant family and at...

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