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1941 moscow moscow vkhutemas , united workshops russian empire , ussr 1881 architect ladovsky nikolai alexandrovich.jpg nikolai ladovsky
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nikolai ladovsky

nikolai alexandrovich ladovsky -lrb- russian : Николай Александрович Ладовский -rrb- -lrb- 1881 -- 1941 -rrb- was a russian avant-garde architect and educator , leader of the rationalist movement in 1920s architecture , an approach emphasizing human perception of space and shape .
ladovsky is known as the founder of modern soviet and russian schools of architectural training ; his classes of 1920-1932 in vkhutemas shaped the generation of soviet architects active throughout the period of stalinist architecture and subsequent decades .
