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Mikhail Eisenstein

1867 - 1920

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Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein (Russian: Михаил Осипович Эйзенштейн, romanized: Michail Osipovič Ejzenštein, Latvian: Mihails Eizenšteins; 17 September [O.S. 5] 1867 – 2 July 1920) was a civil engineer and architect working in Riga, the present-day capital of Latvia, when the city was part of the Russian Empire. He was active as an architect in the city at a time of great economic expansion and consequent enlargement, which coincided with the flourishing of Art Nouveau architecture. During the years 1901–1906, Eisenstein designed many of the best-known Art Nouveau buildings of Riga. His son, Sergei Eisenstein, became a well-known Soviet film director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Eisenstein is the 153rd most popular architect (up from 163rd in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 234th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Mikhail Eisenstein ranks 153 out of 518. Before him are Dinocrates, Jacques-François Blondel, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Gottfried Böhm, and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. After him are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, Alonzo Cano, Carlo Fontana, Paul Troost, and Charlotte Perriand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Mikhail Eisenstein ranks 51. Before him are Adam Stefan Sapieha, Wilhelm Groener, Madam C. J. Walker, Charles Koechlin, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Leo Jogiches. After him are Frederick Keeping, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Sundance Kid, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Henry L. Stimson, and Henri Gouraud. Among people deceased in 1920, Mikhail Eisenstein ranks 33. Before him are Nectarios of Aegina, Max Klinger, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Abraham Kuyper, Prince Joachim of Prussia, and Otto Gross. After him are S. Ansky, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Norman Lockyer, Lothar von Trotha, Odoardo Beccari, and Levi P. Morton.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mikhail Eisenstein ranks 233 out of 1,365. Before him are Ruslana (1973), Ivan Bohun (1618), Olga Khokhlova (1891), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Michael of Chernigov (1185), and Vladimir Korolenko (1853). After him are Denys Shmyhal (1975), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Michael Rostovtzeff (1870), Paul Muni (1895), Alexander Marinesko (1913), and Lyudmila Rudenko (1904).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Ukraine

Among architects born in Ukraine, Mikhail Eisenstein ranks 2. Before him are Vladimir Tatlin (1885). After him are Boris Iofan (1891), and Władysław Horodecki (1863).

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