Nina Alexandrovna Aleshin
| Nina Alexandrovna Aleshina | |
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circa 1980
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| Born |
17 July 1924 Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Died | 17 November 2012 (aged 88) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Nina Alexandrovna Alyoshina, Nina Alyoshina, Nina Aleshina |
| Occupation | architect |
| Years active | 1950-2012 |
| Known for | Moscow Metro |
Nina Alexandrovna Aleshina (Russian: Нина Александровна Алёшина 1924-2012) was a Russian architect and head of the design department Metrogiprotrans for the Moscow Metro for a decade. Nineteen stations of the subway system were projects she participated in or led. She was honored with many awards during her career, including the designation in 1985 of Honored Architect of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nina Alexandrovna was born on 17 July 1924 in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. She was the granddaughter of the Archpriest of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ at Tarusa, Nikolai Uspensky, (Russian: Николай Успенский) and his wife Nadezhda Danilovna Yakhontova (Russian: Надежда Даниловна Яхонтова), whose children became intellectuals and musicians. She graduated from music school in the same year that the German invasion of Russia occurred. She studied piano, before studying architecture at the Moscow Institute of Architecture under the tutelage of Boris Mezentsev, graduating in 1950.
Aleshina began her career in the workshop of Alexey Dushkin, working on drawings for the renovation of the Novoslobodskaya station, which had been completed years before. She focused on wall and pylon treatments, while her husband, the artist Nikolai Aleshin worked in their home sketching images for stained glass. She designed the vestibule of the station, which led into two lobbies. It was the first project of twenty she was involved in for the Moscow subway system.
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