Joseph Karakis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Karakis

Ukrainian architect

Date of Birth: 16-May-1902

Place of Birth: Balta, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1988

Profession: architect, urban planner, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joseph Karakis (or Iosif Karakys; Russian: ????? ??????? ???????; 29 May 1902 – 23 February 1988) was 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.