Ella Shur

Urban planner

Alla Vronskaya

Name:

Ella Shur (Шур Елла Мойсеївна)

Life Dates:

born 1928

Country:

USSR / Ukraine

Employers:

Design institutes Dipromash, Teploelektroproekt and Kharkivproekt

Field of expertise:

Urban planning

Education:

Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Construction

Short Biography and Work

Born in a Jewish family, Shur graduated from the Department of Architecture of Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Construction in 1951. Upon graduation, she worked at design institutes Dipromash, Teploelektroproekt and Kharkivproekt. At Teploelektroproekt, she worked on the planning of residential quarters serving Vuhlehirska, Slovyanska, and Krivyi Rih power stations. At Kharkivproekt, she participated in the planning of high-rise residential districts Pavlovo Polye, Saltivka, and Olekseevka.

Fig. 1: Saltivka, the largest mikrorayon in Kharkiv, planned in the 1960s, built during the 1960s-1980s

Sources

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0 (last accessed on 05.04.2022)

Illustration credits

Main image: Copyright owner unknown. Image source: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0 (last accessed on 05.04.2022)

Fig. 1: http://wikimapia.org/9039440/ru/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0#/photo/1515571 (last accessed on 05.04.2022)

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