Joseph Karakis Architect
Joseph Yulievich Karakis (or Iosif Karakys; Russian: Иосиф Юльевич Каракис; 29 May 1902 - 23 February 1988) - Soviet architect, urban planner, painter and teacher, one of the most prolific Kiev architects.Author of dozens building that are now considered architectural landmarks, more than two-thousand schools were built in the Soviet Union from designs created by Karakis, and overall there were more than four thousand buildings built from his designs.