Alexander Fyodorovich Strelkov (March 10, 1923 - March 8, 2000) was a Soviet architect, designer of ground and underground facilities of the Moscow Metro. From 1967 to 1978 he was the chief architect of the Metrogiprotrans Institute.
Born in 1923. Member of the Great Patriotic War. From August 1941 to February 1942 - on the Leningrad Front, commander of the submachine gunners of the 38th special rifle brigade. He was awarded the medal "For Courage". February 20, 1941 [source not specified 436 days] the brigade participated in the encirclement of the 16th German army. “Strelkov with his squad was the first to break into the village of Peno (6 km from Staraya Russa) and occupied it. Moving further near the village of Prusskoe, Strelkov was wounded by a bullet in the chest with crushing of the head of the shoulder, ”the award sheet says.
In 1948 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Architecture. From 1948 to 1952 he worked at the Central Architectural Workshops of the Ministry of Railways. From 1952 to 1965 he worked at the Metrogiprotrans Institute as the chief architect of the project, and then as the chief architect of the PGS department. 1965-1967 - Head of the architectural workshop GIPRO NII of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
In 1967-1978. - Chief Architect of the Metrogiprotrans Institute. In this position, he began to fight for the recognition of stations, the individual look of the architecture of the metro. He ensured that a competition was announced for a group of stations on the Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya line. He headed the work on the design of the interchange hub "Nogin Square" (now - "Kitai-Gorod"). Among other designers and builders of the central section of the line is the winner of the USSR Council of Ministers Prize for 1977. 1978-1979 - Head of the Department for Construction and Architecture of the BAM Gosstroy of the RSFSR.
Passed away in 2000. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery (plot 9).
