La 26 septembrie 2023 se împlinesc 150 de ani de la naşterea remarcabilului arhitect din prima jumătate a sec. al XX-lea Alexei Şciusev (1873-1949). Alexei Viktorovici s-a născut în 1873 la Chişinău pe str. Leova (actăzi str. Şciusev, unde se află muzeul arhitectului). În cei 76 de ani de viaţă a reuşit să-şi realizeze pe deplin talentul de arhitect, devenind autorul unei capodopere arhitecturale – mausoleul în Piaţa Roşie din Moscova. A fost laureat a patru Premii “Stalin” şi a educat mai mult de o generaţie de arhitecţi talentaţi, a fondat Muzeul de Stat al Arhitecturii Ruse. Cercetând creaţia academicianului Şciusev, autorul prezintă doar cele mai importante lucrări de concurs ale acestui mare maestru. În 1897, după absolvirea cu medalia de aur a Şcolii Superioare de Arte Plastice din Sankt-Petersburg, A.V. Şciusev a devenit pictor-arhitect cu rangul de a clasa a X-a cu dreptul de proiectare independentă a edificiilor. A participat la concursuri de arhitectură privind construcţia unui nou spital din Sankt- Petersburg (19011902), a sucursalei Băncii de stat din Nijni Novgorod (1910-1911), a gării Kazan din Moscova (1913), a pavilionului rus pentru cea de-a XI-a expoziţie internaţională de artă de la Veneţia (1913 -1914), ai adăpostului pentru copiii soldaţilor căzuţi lângă oraşul Chişinău (1916) ş.a.

On September 26, 2023, we will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding architect of the first half of the XX century A. V. Shchusev (1873-1949). Alekseу Viktorovich was born in 1873 in Chisinau on Leovskaya Street (today Shchusev Street, where the museum of this architect is located). During his 76 years of life, he managed to fully realize his talent in architecture, becoming the author of the masterpiece in the construction of the mausoleum on the Red Square in Moscow. He became a laureate of four Stalin Prizes, and educated more than one generation of talented architects. He also founded the State Museum of Russian Architecture. Researching the many-sided architectural creativity of Academician Shchusev, in the article the author presents only the most important works of this great master which entered in competition. After graduating in 1897 with a gold medal from the Higher Petersburg Art School, A. V. Shchusev was awarded the title of artist-architect with the rank of the 10th class having the right to engage in designing buildings independently. Thus, he took part in architectural competitions for the construction of a new St. Petersburg hospital (19011902), a branch of the state bank in Nizhniy Novgorod (1910-1911), Kazanskiy railway station in Moscow (1913), the Russian pavilion for the XI International art exhibition in Venice (1913 -1914), the shelter for the children of fallen soldiers near the city of Chisinau (1916), etc.