Claim: Vladimir Shchuko, a Russian architect,  designed the pedestal for Sergey Evseyev's Findland Station square monument.
Evidence: Vladimir Alekseyevich Shchuko (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Щуко́, IPA: [ɕːʉˈko; October 17, 1878 – January 19, 1939) was a Russian architect, member of the Saint Petersburg school of Russian neoclassical revival notable for his giant order apartment buildings "rejecting all trace of the moderne". In 1925 Shchuko designed the pedestal and architectural setting for Sergey Evseyev's iconic "Lenin on Top of an Armored Car" monument on the Finland Station square.