ラーザリ・カガノーヴィチ
The choice of young, unknown architects for the most important station is a mystery. Authors of "Moscow Metro. 70 years" speculate that Dushkin was spotted by Lazar Kaganovich, project manager for the Metro, during the Palace of Soviets contest, or even earlier, in Kharkiv (when Kaganovich headed Ukrainian branch of the Communist Party).