joseph langbart was born in 1882 in the town of belsk.07 and entered the imperial academy of arts of st. petersburg. langbart studied for 7 years and after graduation, due to the outbreak of the first world war, he was drafted into the army as the head of an engineering detachment. in 1918 , the architect returned from the front and went to work in a construction office at the health department in petrograd, where he held the position of a work producer. career. langbard's career took off after he won the all-union competition for the best design of the bssr government house in 1929. after this , he was invited to take part in the development of the central part of minsk. thanks to this , langbart created such masterpieces as the opera and ballet theater on troitskaya mountain and the house of the red army on the foundation of the former bishop's courtyard. langbart also took up the task of changing the design of the building of the academy of sciences, and in 193 he created a house of councils in mogilev, where it was soon planned to mov