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Abstract: The purpose of this review of the life and work of a figure that is little known in Serbia, the Russian-born architect Nikolai Vasi-
lyevich Vasilyev who produced a small but important output during his short residence in Belgrade in 192123 is to elucidate his activity in
Serbia and to point to his role on the international architecture scene. By drawing attention to Vasilyevs hitherto marginalised Belgrade period,
the paper points to the need for further historiographical interpretation of his work and its inclusion in the study of interwar architecture in Serbia.
Keywords: Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev, Russian migrs, Northern Modern movement, St. Petersburg, Chicago, Belgrade period,
international competitions, architect

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Summary: ALEKSANDAR JAHONTOV


MILAN PROSEN

THE WORK OF THE ARCHITECT NIKOLAI VASILYEVICH VASILYEV AND HIS BELGRADE PERIOD
(MAY 1921FEBRUARY 1923)

The effort of Serbian historiography to cast light on the contribution of Russian-born architects to the Serbian environ-
ment has passed over the work of Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev, mainly due to the shortness of his residence in Belgrade. Af-
ter an impressive number of executed designs for residential, commercial, office and industrial buildings, family mansions,
or religious buildings such as the St. Petersburg Mosque, and a long list of successful architectural competition entries, this
prominent architect of the imperial Russian capital made a two-year stay in Belgrade before the Chicago Tribune Tower
competition enticed him to leave for the United States, where he worked as an architect for the next thirty years. Although
he made his first contact with Belgrade in 1908, as the winner of the competition for the headquarters of the Administration
of State Monopolies launched by the Finance Ministry of the Kingdom of Serbia, less than two years (192123) he spent
in Belgrade were not enough for making a name for himself comparable to that of many other Russian-born architects who
have been a focus of Serbian historiography.
While in Belgrade, Vasilyev participated in important competitions, such as the first competition for the Monument to
the Unknown Hero in Avala, and it was to his designs that the Military Geographical Institute and a number of residential
buildings in Belgrade were built. They testify to Vasilyevs versatile approach to architectural design and aesthetic achieve-
ment: in 1924 his four-storey building at 34 Svetozara Markovia Street won the Association of Engineers and Technicians
prestigious award for the most beautiful faade created in Belgrade in 192023.
Limited opportunities offered by the Serbian environment and the prospect of building a prosperous career in the
United States at the time of the Chicago Tribune Tower competition led him to leave Belgrade in early 1923. The purpose
of this look at the life and work of a historiographically marginalised architect who in his less than two years in Belgrade
produced a small but important output, offering a glimpse of his rich creative potential is to elucidate his activity in the
Serbian milieu and to draw attention to his role on the international architecture scene. This adds importance to his presence
in Serbian architecture and requires further historiographic interpretation of his work and the inclusion of his work in the
study of interwar architecture in Serbia and of the role played in it by Russian-born architects.

ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig. 1 Mosque, competition entry under the codename Arabesque, Fig. 10 Military Geographical Institute in Kalemegdan
perspective (Lisovskii and Gasho) (M. Sekuli legacy)
Fig. 2 11 Stremiannaia St., St. Petersburg (Lisovskii and Gasho) Fig. 11 Faade design for the Military Geographical Institute in
Fig. 3 Mortgage Bank, Belgrade, competition entry Kalemegdan (P. Laeti collection)
(Lisovskii and Gasho) Fig. 12 Chicago Tribune Tower, competition entry, perspective
Fig. 4 Monument to the Unknown Hero in Avala, competition entry, (Lisovskii and Gasho)
perspective (Lisovskii and Gasho) Fig. 13 F. Chaliapins hunting lodge, interior, perspective
Fig. 5 65 Svetozara Markovia St. (photo by A. Jahontov) (Lisovskii and Gasho)

Fig. 6 67 Karadjordjeva St., corner of Karadjordjeva and Zagrebaka Fig. 14 Columbus Memorial Lighthouse, project (Lisovskii and Gasho)
(Milo Jurii collection) Fig. 15 B. Iofans winning design for the Palace of the Soviets
Fig. 7 12 Dorda Vaingtona St., elevation (Lisovskii and Gasho)
(Historical Archives of Belgrade)
Fig. 16 Palace of the Soviets, competition entry by V. Vasilyev,
Fig. 8 12 Dorda Vaingtona St., elevation (Milo Jurii collection) perspective (Lisovskii and Gasho)
Fig. 9 61 Njegoeva St., corner of Njegoeva and Molerova Fig. 17 Belgrade Opera House, competition entry, elevation and cross-
(photo by M. Prosen) section, 1940 (Umetniki pregled)

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