List of Russian architects
This is a list of Grand Duchy of Moscow but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a significant period of time.
Attested biographies of Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Carlo Rossi and others) and in the first quarter of the 20th century (Mies van der Roe, Erich Mendelsohn, Ernst May and others). This list includes foreign architects whose primary, and most tangible work materialized on Russian soil (i.e. Cameron, Rastrelli, Rossi) while short-term assignments by visiting architects (Mies van der Roe, Mendelsohn, May) are omitted.
Alphabetical list
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Grand Duchy of Moscow architect, fortification engineer |
The walls and towers of the Kremlin wall on the side of the Red Square , 1508–16.
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Grand Duchy of Moscow architect |
Some sections of the Archangel Cathedral, the burial place of Moscow's monarchs 1505–08; in Russia 1514–17.
Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter in Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, Moscow, admittedly the earliest rotunda |
Archangel Cathedral |
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| Gavriil Baranovsky (1860–1920)  Russian Empireeclectics and Art Nouveau architect |
St. Petersburg , 1909–15.
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St. Petersburg |
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architect, preservationist, restorer |
Credited with saving . | Golden Gate, Vladimir |
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neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist and educator |
Tsaritsyno Park buildings (first palace, Figurny Bridge, Opera House), 1775–86; (attribution disputed), 1784–86.
Pashkov House in Moscow |
Tsaritsyno, Moscow |
Russian National Library), Moscow |
Leon Benois (1856–1928) Russian Empire Soviet Union(French descent) eclectical, neoclassical, Neo-Gothic and Russian Revival architect (son of Nicholas Benois) |
Albert Benois and Yuly Benois), 1911–14.
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw , (demolished) |
St. Petersburg | |
Albert Benois )
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A court architect to Tsarskoe Selo, and New Petergof (latter in 1857).
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Alexander Bernadazzi (1831–1907) |
Chişinău City Hall |
Chişinău | |
| Karl Blank (1728–1793) |
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| Ilya Bondarenko (1867–1947) |
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Joseph Bové (1784–1834) |
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Vincenzo Brenna[1] (1745–1820) |
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St. Petersburg | |
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Alexander Brullov (1798–1877) Russian Empire (French descent) Neoclassical architect and painter (self-portrait) |
Most of his works were created in White Hall in Winter Palace (after 1837).
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St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg |
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Charles Cameron[2] (1743–1812) |  |
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Alexander Benois )
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Rebuilt the St. Petersburg , 1859–60.
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St. Petersburg |
| Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996) |
The De La Warr Pavilion (with Erich Mendelsohn ) |
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| Portrait | Person | Notable works | ||
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| Alexey Dushkin (1904–1977) |
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Mikhail Eisenstein (1867–1921) |
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German descent)baroque, neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, engineer |
A court architect to St. Petersburg: , 1771–87.a heavy-lifting machine that moved the enormous Thunder Stone rock, the pedestal of the Bronze Horseman, 1770; Chesme Church and Palace, 1770–80; iron-cast grille of the Summer Garden, 1783; granite embankments of Neva, 1764–84 the Old Hermitage wing of the Winter Palace |
St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg |
Grand Duchy of Moscow Renaissance architect and engineer |
Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, Italy, 1453; Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, 1475–79. |
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Ivan Fomin (1872–1936) |
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Domenico Gilardi (1785–1845) |
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Moisei Ginzburg[4] (1892–1946) |
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| Ilya Golosov (1883–1945) |
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Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868) |
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Alexey Gornostaev (1808–1862)
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Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland | |
Fyodor Gornostaev (1867–1915) |
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David Grimm (1823–1898) Russian Empireneo-Byzantine and Russian Revival style architect |
Grimm designed numerous Chersonesos, Crimea , 1858–97.
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Church of Maria Magdalene in Jerusalem |
Saint Vladimir, Crimea |
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Viktor Hartmann (1834–1873) | Novgorod (architecture) |
1873 Wien World Fair | |
| William Heste (Hastie)[2] (1763–1832) |
St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg |
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| Boris Iofan (1891–1976) Russian Empire Soviet Unionconstructivist and Stalin Empire style architect |
1937 World's Fair in Paris and 1939 World's Fair in New York City; , 1944.
Baumanskaya station of Moscow Metro |
House on Embankment, Moscow |
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Illarion Ivanov-Schitz (1865–1937) |
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| Alexander Kaminsky (1829–1897 |
Tretyakov Drive Arch, Moscow |
Nikolo-Ugresh monastery | ||
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Matvey Kazakov (1738–1812) |
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| Lev Kekushev (1862–1919)[3] |  |
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| Roman Klein (1858–1924) |
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TsUM Department Store, Moscow | ||
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Alexander Kokorinov (1726–1772) |
St. Petersburg (with Vallin de la Mothe ) |
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| Fyodor Kon (fl. 1585–1600) Tsardom of Russia fortification engineer and architect a monument in Smolensk Kremlin on photo |
the walls and towers of Novospassky Monastery in Moscow and several other Russian monasteries; Bely Gorod fortification ring of Moscow, 1585–93 (in 18th–19th centuries replaced with the Boulevard Ring); Smolensk Kremlin, the largest one in Russia, 1597–1602. |
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Ivan Kuznetsov (1867–1942) |
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| Andrey Kvasov (1720–1770)[3] | St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg (demolished) |
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| Nikolai Ladovsky[4] (1881–1941) |
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| Nikolay Lanceray (1880–1942) |
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| Nikita Lazarev (1866–1932) |
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| Ivan Leonidov[4] (1902–1959) |
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| El Lissitzky[4] (1890–1941) | ||||
| Berthold Lubetkin[5] (1901–1990) |
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| Ivan Mashkov (1867–1945) |
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Baroque architect and sculptor |
The Third Winter Palace, St. Petersburg , 1719–27.
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St. Petersburg (demolished) |
St. Petersburg | |
| Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974) |
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| Adam Menelaws (between 1748 and 1756–1831)[2] | ||||
| Miron Merzhanov (1895–1975) |
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| Maximilian Messmacher (1842–1906) |
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| Ivan Michurin (1700–1763) | ||||
| Ippolit Monighetti (1819–1878) | ||||
| Auguste de Montferrand[6] (1786–1858) |
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| Arkady Mordvinov (1896–1964) |
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Turk, architect and civil engineer, migrated to Pakistan in 1950
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| Nikolai Nikitin (1907–1973) Russian Empire Soviet Union structural designer and construction engineer |
Invented a number of innovative techniques, including the usage of Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, 237 m, 1952–55; )
Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, 1955–56; The Motherland Calls statue on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, 85 m, 1967; Ostankino Tower, 540 m, 1963–67; Nikitin-Travush 4000 project (4000 metres, precursor to X-Seed 4000 |
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| Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979) |
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| Felix Novikov (1927–2022) |
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| Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky (1880–1966) |
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Alfred Parland (1842–1919) (Scottish descent) |
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg |  |
Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius |
| Marian Peretyatkovich (1872–1916) | ||||
Grand Duchy of Moscow
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Credited as a possible architect of the Ascension Church in Kitai-gorod wall and towers (now mostly dismantled), 1533–38; Kremlin wall (now dismantled), 1539
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| Alexander Pomerantsev (1849–1918) | ||||
| Anatoly Polyansky (1928–1993) |
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| Giacomo Quarenghi[1] (1744–1817) |
St. Petersburg |
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Bartolomeo Rastrelli[1] (1700–1771)
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| Ivan Rerberg (1869–1932) |
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| Antonio Rinaldi[1] (1710–1794)[3] | ||||
| Ivan Ropet (1845–1908) | ||||
| Carlo Rossi[1] (1775–1849) | ||||
| Lev Rudnev (1885–1956) Russian Empire Soviet UnionStalin Empire style architect |
Moscow State University (1949–1953); Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, (1952–1955); Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga, Latvia, (1953–1956). |
Warsaw Palace of Culture, Poland | ||
| Marco Ruffo (15th century) |
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| Fyodor Schechtel (1859–1926) |
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| Xavier Schoellkopf (1869–1911) |
Apartment buildings in Paris, e.g. 29 boulevard de Courcelles | |||
| Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939) |
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| Alexey Shchusev (1873–1949) |
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| Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood (1832–1897) |
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| Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (1867–1930) |
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| Vladimir Shukhov[7] (1853–1939) |
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| Pietro Antonio Solari (15th century) | ||||
| Ivan Starov (1745–1808) |
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| Andrei Stackenschneider (1802–1865) |
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| Vasily Stasov (1769–1848) | ||||
| Joseph Sunlight (1888–1978) |
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| Pavel Suzor (1844–1919) Russian Empire eclectics and Art Nouveau architect |
Over 80 apartment, baths and corporate buildings in St. Petersburg, including: , 1902–04;
Ushakov House, 1882–83; First Mutual Credit Society House, 1888–90; Singer House |
St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg |
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| Vladimir Tatlin[4] (1885–1953) |
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| Konstantin Thon (1794–1881) |
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| Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734)  SwitzerlandTsardom of Russia Russian Empire(Swiss Italian) Petrine Baroque architect |
Trezzini was the first chief architect of the newly founded Saint Petersburg University ), 1722–36.
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St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg | |
| Zurab Tsereteli[8] (born 1934) |
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| Yevgraph Tyurin (1793–1873) |
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| Dmitry Ukhtomsky (1719–1774) |
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Victor Vasnetsov[4] (1848–1926) |
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| Alexander Vesnin (1883–1959) | ||||
Leonid Vesnin (1880–1933) |
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Victor Vesnin (1882–1950) |
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| Aleksandr Vitberg (1787–1855) |
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Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814) Russian Empireneoclassical and Empire style architect and painter |
neoclassical interiors of Saint Petersburg Mining Institute , 1806–11.
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Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute |
| Mikhail Vrubel[4] (1856–1910) |
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Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia tented-roof architect and fortification engineer |
Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, 1555–60; with Ivan ShirIai designed the walls of the Kazan Kremlin and, according to some sources, the Cathedral of the Assumption in Kazan, 1561–62. |
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| Vasili Yermolin (15th century) |
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| Andreyan Zakharov (1761–1811) |
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| Alexander Zelenko (1871–1953) |
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| Mikhail Zemtsov (1688–1743) Tsardom of Russia Russian EmpirePetrine Baroque architect |
participated in designing the , 1734; |
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| Nikolay Zherikhov (1870s–1916)[3] | ||||
| Ivan Zholtovsky (1867–1959) |
See also
- Russian architecture
- List of Russian artists
- List of Russian explorers
- List of Russian inventors
- List of Russian language writers
- Russian culture
Sources
Nachokina, Maria (2005). Arhitektory moskovskogo moderna ("Архитекторы московского модерна") (in Russian). Moscow: Giraffe. ISBN 978-5-89832-043-0.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Citizens or natives of Italy or its predecessor states.
- ^ a b c Citizens or natives of the United Kingdom.
- ^ a b c d e Years of birth or death are unknown or disputed, see main article for clarifications.
- ^ a b c d e f g Architect known primarily for conceptual projects and graphic design.
- ^ Émigré, worked primarily outside of Russia/USSR
- ^ Citizens or natives of France
- ^ Structural engineer involved in architectural projects.
- ^ Sculptor involved in monument building projects.