KUTSEMELLOV Leonid Gavrilovich
Among the architects who actively worked in the republic during the war was L.G. Kutsemelov, who began his creative journey during this period.
KUTSEMELLOV Leonid Gavrilovich (1911 —1977). Architect L.G. Kutsemelov was born in the village of Kuzminskoye in the Krasnodar Krai. In 1941, he graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute and began working in Kyrgyzstan in 1942.
In early 1942, he was sent to the construction of a mercury plant in the village of Haidarkan as a foreman, where he later worked as a site manager and then as a section chief. In June 1943, at the request of the Osh Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kyrgyzstan, he was transferred to the city of Osh, where he held responsible positions in construction.
Under the leadership of L.G. Kutsemelov and with his direct participation, the first post-war master plans for the cities of Osh, Jalal-Abad, Kara-Suu, and other settlements in the region were developed. In Osh, his projects included the construction of the Pedagogical Institute, the House of Pioneers, the Prosecutor's Office building, and the "Alai" hotel. The central streets of the city also owe their existence to him. A project for a recreation area on the banks of the Ak-Bura River was created and implemented.
L.G. Kutsemelov participated in many architectural competitions and was awarded government honors for his valiant work. One of the new streets in the eastern microdistrict of Osh is named after the architect L.G. Kutsemelov.
The victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War sparked a general rise in creative forces, which were directed towards the restoration and development of the country's economy. In the post-war years, urban planning began to develop rapidly. New master plans for Przhevalsk, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Tokmak were created, and for the first time, master plans for workers' settlements such as Sulyukta, Tash-Kumyr, Haidarkan, and others were developed and implemented. Large-scale industrial and civil construction was underway. In the architecture of industrial buildings, a general improvement in construction quality was noted, and artistic tasks were addressed. In residential and cultural-hygienic construction, series of standard projects were introduced for the construction of these buildings, and prefabricated structures began to be implemented. Rural construction improved, and sanatorium and resort facilities were built on Lake Issyk-Kul. New large public buildings appeared in the cities of the republic — higher educational institutions, clubs, shops, schools, kindergartens: in Frunze — the opera and ballet theater, the Sovpart school, VDNH pavilions, and others.
