Mikhail Posokhin

Mikhail Posokhin
Михаил Посохин
Posokhin in 1949
Born	(1910-11-30)November 30, 1910 Tomsk, Russian Empire
Died	January 22, 1989(1989-01-22) (aged 78) Moscow, RSFSR
Resting place	Vagankovo Cemetery
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Soviet
Alma mater	Moscow Architectural Institute
Occupation(s)	Architect, civil engineer
Political party	CPSU
Spouse	Galina Posokhina
Children	Mikhail Posokhin
Awards	Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Lenin Prize, USSR State Prize, People's Architect of the USSR
Buildings	Kudrinskaya Square Building, State Kremlin Palace, seat of the Russian Embassy in Washington
Projects	Kalinin Street

Mikhail Vasilyevich Posokhin (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Посохин; 30 November 1910 - 22 January 1989) was a Soviet, Russian architect and teacher. People's Architect of the USSR (1970). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1962), State Prize of the USSR (1980) and Stalin Prize of the second degree (1949). He is mostly known for being Chief Architect of Moscow (1960–1980).^[1] Among his main completed projects are a high-rise residential building on Kudrinskaya Square and the development of New Arbat Avenue in Moscow.^[2] He served as a member of the Union of Architects of the USSR. Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1979), member of the Presidium, academician-secretary of the Department of Architecture and Monumental Art of the USSR Academy of Arts (1979). Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Architecture (1950–1955), Academy of Construction and Architecture (1956–1963).