Claim: Boris Iofan born in Odessa (third most populous city of Ukraine), never got his work off the ground his first work was a Barvikha sanatorium and later completed the block-wide House on the Embankment
Evidence: Born in Odessa, Iofan graduated in 1916 from Italy's Regio Istituto Superiore di Belle Arti (now Accademia di Belle Arti) in Rome with a degree in architecture, initially following the Neoclassical tradition. His first major work was a Barvikha sanatorium for the Party elite (1929), which introduced him to clients at the top of the state. In 1931, Iofan completed the elite block-wide House on the Embankment (official name Дом Правительства, Government Building). Odessa or Odesa (Ukrainian: Оде́са, romanized: Odesa [oˈdɛsɐ (listen); Russian: Оде́сса, romanized: Odessa [ɐˈdʲesə; Bulgarian: Оде́са, romanized: Odesa) is the third most populous city of Ukraine and a major tourism center, seaport and transport hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.