Elena Ovsyannikova Author

Elena Ovsyannikova, PhD, is professor of architectural history at the Moscow Institute of Architecture (MArchI) and chairwoman of DOCOMOMO - Moscow Centre. She publishes widely on modern architecture, the Russian avant-garde and heritage preservation. Nikolai Vassiliev, PhD, is a well-known historian of architecture, urban planning and design. He is secretary general of DOCOMOMO Russia and has curated exhibitions at the Moscow Design Museum. In 2008 to 2010 Elena Ovsyannikova and Nikolai Vassiliev were the Moscow team coordinators of Moskonstruct, an exhibition and research project of La Sapienza University, Rome, and MArchI, Moscow, sponsored by the European Commission.