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Boris Iofan

1891 - 1976

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Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан, IPA: [ɪɐˈfan]; April 28, 1891 – March 11, 1976) was a Soviet architect of Jewish origin, known for his Stalinist architecture buildings like the 1931 House on the Embankment and the 1931–1933 winning draft of the Palace of the Soviets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Iofan has received more than 87,250 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Boris Iofan is the 288th most popular architect (down from 243rd in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 325th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Architect.

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  • 24

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  • 3.25

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  • 3.42

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Boris Iofan ranks 288 out of 518. Before him are Ernst Ziller, Pierre Cuypers, Salomon de Brosse, Ineni, Werner March, and Aristotele Fioravanti. After him are Charles Barry, Galeazzo Alessi, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Friedrich Gilly, Camillo Boito, and Bruno Zevi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Boris Iofan ranks 121. Before him are Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Francisco Lázaro, Jüri Lossmann, Otto Ciliax, Paul Grüninger, and Ronald Colman. After him are Alfred Neubauer, Sultan al-Atrash, Wan Waithayakon, John W. McCormack, Pedro Salinas, and Damaskinos of Athens. Among people deceased in 1976, Boris Iofan ranks 109. Before him are Karl Schäfer, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Pyotr Koshevoy, Paul Gallico, E. H. Shepard, and Werner March. After him are Nam Il, Nikolay Nosov, Jean Servais, José Lezama Lima, Rosalind Russell, and Wan Waithayakon.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Boris Iofan ranks 444 out of 1,365. Before him are Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Nikolai Linevich (1839), Marian Jaworski (1926), Ada Rogovtseva (1937), Alfred J. Lotka (1880), and Otto Struve (1897). After him are Alexander Spendiaryan (1871), Yury Olesha (1899), Emil Paur (1855), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), and Yury Vlasov (1935).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Ukraine

Among architects born in Ukraine, Boris Iofan ranks 3. Before him are Vladimir Tatlin (1885), and Mikhail Eisenstein (1867). After him are Władysław Horodecki (1863).

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