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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 80,833 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Boris Iofan is the 244th most popular architect (up from 272nd in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 364th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Boris Iofan ranks 244 out of 424. Before him are Giacomo Quarenghi, Elissa Aalto, Charles Barry, Luigi Vanvitelli, Alexander Tamanian, and Gae Aulenti. After him are Frederick Law Olmsted, Max Fabiani, Cedric Gibbons, Imre Steindl, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Helmut Jahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Boris Iofan ranks 92. Before him are Walter Eucken, Hans Albers, Hermann Scherchen, Yrjö Väisälä, Maksim Bahdanovič, and Ronald Colman. After him are Jose P. Laurel, Henry Tandey, Maria Skobtsova, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Damaskinos of Athens, and Otto Ciliax. Among people deceased in 1976, Boris Iofan ranks 95. Before him are Hans von Obstfelder, Alexander Lippisch, Josef Sudek, Gottfried von Cramm, Rudolf Kempe, and Marcel Broodthaers. After him are Howlin' Wolf, Paul Robeson, Alexander Novikov, Wilhelm Marschall, Evert Taube, and Mikhail Katukov.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Boris Iofan ranks 328 out of 1,083. Before him are Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Alexander Matrosov (1924), Izyaslav of Polotsk (980), Dmitry Levitzky (1735), Jacques Bergier (1912), and Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849). After him are Vasili Eroshenko (1890), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), Elisabeth Bergner (1897), Mikołaj Rej (1505), John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896), and Abraham Zapruder (1905).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Ukraine

Among architects born in Ukraine, Boris Iofan ranks 2. Before him are Mikhail Eisenstein (1867). After him are Władysław Horodecki (1863).

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