Semyon Fridlin

Semyon Fridlin was born on December 28, 1909, and graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute in 1932. He was the first architect to receive the title Distinguished Architect of the MSSR.

In Chișinău he designed the Government House (1960–65) and the Octombrie Palace (1974), now the National Palace "Nicolae Sulac". He died on December 12, 1992.