Vesnin brothers

Vesnin brothers, architectural partnership of three brothers who individually and as a team contributed significantly to the development of Russian and Soviet architecture. The brothers were Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. Nov. 28 [Dec. 10, New Style], 1880, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia—d. Oct. 8, 1933, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. March 28 [April 9], 1882, Yuryevets, Ivanov province, Russia—d. Sept. 17, 1950, Moscow), and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin (b. May 16 [May 28], 1883, Yuryevets —d....