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Pyotr Baranovsky
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<p>Pyotr Dmitrievich Baranovsky was a Russian <a href="/facts/Architect/pv0f9bYq">architect</a>, <a href="/facts/Preservationist/QKIpPBJm">preservationist</a> and <a href="/facts/Building_restoration/Ro443oja">restorator</a> who reconstructed many ancient buildings in the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. He is credited with saving <a href="/facts/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral/4QbjCJ9m">Saint Basil's Cathedral</a> from destruction in the early 1930s, founding and managing the <a href="/facts/Kolomenskoye/jyy9qtcp">Kolomenskoye</a> and <a href="/facts/Andrei_Rublev/86juczDg">Andrei Rublev</a> museums, and developing modern restoration technologies. </p>