Vitaly Stadnikov

Vitaly Stadnikov is an urban planner and architect, and a researcher on the Constructivist heritage of the Volga region. He has worked as the head of the project to restore the Samara Factory Canteen into a state centre of contemporary art, as chief architect at the Centre of Infrastructure at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, as City Architect for Samara (2012-13) and as gubernatorial advisor for the Samara region. He is the author of Samara: Endangered City on the Volga and Samara: Guide to Modern Architecture.