Vladimir Alexandrovich Sokolovsky (May 1, 1874 - February 24, 1959) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-architect. He was born in May 1874 in the Vitebsk province to a Polish family. After losing his parents at an early age, he was raised in an orphanage.
Sokolovsky was married to Maria Georgievna Sokolovskaya (1884 - 1953).
In 1895, he entered the Emperor Nicholas I Institute of Civil Engineers and graduated in 1901. After that, Sokolovsky was appointed to Krasnoyarsk as a junior city architect. From 1906 to 1916, he served as the provincial architect.
In 1907, a synagogue in Achinsk was built according to his design, and in 1912, the reconstruction of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kan was carried out. His work was quite fruitful: in Krasnoyarsk, he built and reconstructed over 50 buildings, many of which became architectural monuments, such as the Spassky Cathedral in Minusinsk, reconstructed in 1902 and 1904. In the Yenisei province and Krasnoyarsk region, Sokolovsky designed over 100 bridges and crossings on the Siberian highway, as well as more than 100 buildings. A distinctive feature of his architectural projects was the grand staircases with cast-iron railings.
In 1920, Vladimir Alexandrovich was transferred to the department of state constructions of the regional planning committee. From 1922, he taught at the construction department of the polytechnic institute, and from 1930, he lectured on construction and architecture at the Krasnoyarsk Forestry Institute.
In 1937, he became a member of the Union of Soviet Architects. From 1944 to 1946, Sokolovsky held the position of head of the Krasnoyarsk regional architecture department. Vladimir Alexandrovich passed away in February 1959 and was buried at the Trinity Cemetery in Krasnoyarsk.
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