Trotsky N.A. (1895-1940), arhcitect.

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TROTSKY Noy Abramovich (1895, St. Petersburg 1940, Leningrad), architect. Graduated from the Petrograd State Arts Courses (1921). Author of the bid for the crematorium project in Petrograd (1919, not carried out). From the mid-1920s, enjoyed the reputation of a prominent master of Constructivism. The building of Kirovsky District Soviet (18 Stachek Avenue, 1930-38), the Kirov House of Culture (83 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island, 1930-37; jointly with S.N. Kozak), meat-packing plant (13 Moskovsky Freeway, 1930-33, engineers R.Y. Zelikman, B.P. Svetlitsky) are notable for tense dynamics, the contrast of the vertical (towers) and horizontal elements, rectangular and curvilinear dimensions, and emphatic monumentality. Among industrial constructions worth mentioning the boiler-house of the Heat Station No 2 (11 Novgorodskaya Street, 1930-31). The Administration building of the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU, 4 Liteiny Avenue, 1931-32, see Bolshoy House) marked a turn in Trotsky's style towards a simplified modernized Neoclassicism. In the 1930s, he created the ensemble of residential houses on Stachek Square (1932-39), author of the architectural design of the monument to Kirov on Kirov Square (1938, sculptor N.V. Tomsky). He erected the largest buildings in pre-war Leningrad - the House of Soviets (212 Moskovsky Avenue, 1936-41, in collaboration). Held a lecturing position at the Academy of Fine Arts Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture (from 1921) and other academic institutions. From 1927, he lived at 15 Zhelyabova Street (Bolshaya Konyushennaya). Buried at Literatorskie Mostki.

Reference: Суздалева Т. Э. Н. А. Троцкий. Л., 1991; Архитектор Н. А. Троцкий, 1895-1940: К 100-летию со дня рождения: Материалы науч. конф. // Краеведческие записки: Исслед. и материалы. СПб., 1996. Вып. 4. С. 207-260.

B. М. Kirikov. Kirov (real name Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich
Kozak Solomon Nikolaevich
Svetlitsky B.P.
Tomsky Nikolay Vasilievich
Trotsky Noy Abramovich
Zelikman Yakov Izrailevich
Bolshaya Konyushennaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Bolshoy Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 83
Kirovskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Liteiny Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Moskovskoe Freeway/Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Moskovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 212
Novgorodskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Архитектор Н. А. Троцкий, 1895-1940: К 100-летию со дня рождения: Материалы науч. конф. // Краеведческие записки. СПб., 1996
Суздалева Т. Э. Н. А. Троцкий. Л., 1991 Samson, Meat-Processing Plant
Bolshoy Dom
Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis