Nikolai Nikitin

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Nikolai Nikitin was a prominent Soviet structural engineer and architect best known for designing landmark monumental structures, including the towering statue at the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex and the Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow.

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instanceOf Soviet engineer
architect
human
structural engineer
architecturalStyle Soviet monumentalism
contributedTo development of tall reinforced-concrete tower design in the USSR
engineering of large-scale sculptural monuments in the USSR
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
designed Ostankino Tower
The Motherland Calls statue
structural system of The Motherland Calls statue
structural system of the Ostankino TV Tower
employer Soviet design institutes
era 20th century
familyName Nikitin
fieldOfWork architecture
structural engineering
genre monumental architecture
television tower design
givenName Nikolay
surface form: Nikolai
hasWorkType monumental statue
television tower
war memorial
influencedBy Soviet engineering traditions
knownFor design of Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow
structural design of The Motherland Calls statue at Mamayev Kurgan
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
name Nikolai Nikitin NERFINISHED
nationality Soviet
notability designer of landmark Soviet monumental structures
notableWork The Motherland Calls statue
surface form: Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex (structural design of main statue)

Ostankino Tower
The Motherland Calls
occupation architect
structural engineer
placeOfActivity Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
significantProjectLocation Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex
surface form: Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd

Ostankino District, Moscow
workLocation Moscow
Volgograd

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The Motherland Calls architect Nikolai Nikitin
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex engineer Nikolai Nikitin