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Grigorije Ivanovič Samojlov (Russian Cyrillic: Григорий Иванович Самойлов; Taganrog, Imperial Russia, 8 September 1904 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 15 October 1989) was a Russian architect, designer and painter who lived and worked in Serbia. He was one of the many academically trained Russian émigrés who after settling in Serbia contributed the architectural landscape of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He built in the spirit of academism, Serbo-Byzantine style, modernism and art deco. He distinguished himself not only with his high skills in designing various types of building, from monumental public buildings to family houses, but also as the author of some of the most beautiful interiors of Belgrade palaces of this period. Also, he painted the likenesses of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, and scientist Milutin Milanković among the most notable, as well as teaching the art of design and painting.