Pyotr Dmitrievich Baranovsky (Russian: Пётр Дмитриевич Барановский February 26 1892 – June 12 1984) was a Russian architect preservationist and restorator who reconstructed many ancient buildings on the territory of Soviet Union. He is credited with saving Saint Basil’s Cathedral from destruction in the early 1930s founding and managing the Kolomenskoye and Andrei Rublev museums and developing modern restoration technologies.
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1892-02-26
birth place
Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire, Vyazemsky District Smolensk Oblast
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