List of Russian architects

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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

A

Portrait Person Notable works
Grand Duchy of Moscow

architect, fortification engineer
The walls and towers of the
Kremlin wall on the side of the Red Square
, 1508–16.
Troitskaya Tower
Terem Palace, 1797 Quarenghi's veduta
Grand Duchy of Moscow

architect
Some sections of the
Archangel Cathedral, the burial place of Moscow's monarchs 1505–08;
Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter in Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, Moscow, admittedly the earliest rotunda
in Russia 1514–17.
Archangel Cathedral
Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter, Vysokopetrovsky Monastery

B

Portrait Person Notable works
Gavriil Baranovsky
(1860–1920)
 Russian Empire
eclectics and Art Nouveau architect
St. Petersburg
, 1909–15.
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Petr Baranovsky
(1892–1984)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union

architect, preservationist, restorer
Credited with saving
Golden Gate in Vladimir;
restored Krutitsy Metochion in Moscow
.
Golden Gate, Vladimir
Restored Metropolitan's Chamber in Krutitsy, Moscow
Vasili Bazhenov
(1737–1799)
 Russian Empire

neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist and educator
Tsaritsyno Park buildings (first palace, Figurny Bridge, Opera House), 1775–86;
Pashkov House in Moscow
(attribution disputed), 1784–86.
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.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw, (demolished)
St. Petersburg
Albert Benois
)
A court architect to
Tsarskoe Selo, and New Petergof
(latter in 1857).
Chess mountain Cascade in Petergof
New Petergof railway station
Alexander Bernadazzi
(1831–1907)
Chişinău City Hall
Chişinău
Karl Blank (1728–1793)
Moscow Orphanage
Church of Trinity in Serebryaniki, Moscow
Ilya Bondarenko (1867–1947)
Exhibition Pavilion of Abrikosov Factories (with Alexander Kaminsky)
Old Believers' Church of Intercession of Theotokos, Moscow
Joseph Bové (1784–1834)
Triumphal Arch in Moscow
Moscow Manege
Vincenzo Brenna[1] (1745–1820)
Folly Bip Fortress, Pavlovsk
St. Petersburg
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).
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg

C

Portrait Person Notable works
Charles Cameron[2] (1743–1812)
Cameron's Gallery, Tsarskoye Selo
Pavlovsk Palace
Francesco Camporesi[1] (1747–1831)[3]
Lobanov-Rostovsky House, Moscow
Voskresensky Hospital, Moscow
Alexander Benois
)
Rebuilt the
St. Petersburg
, 1859–60.
Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in Cavos times
St. Petersburg
Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996)
The De La Warr Pavilion (with Erich Mendelsohn
)

D

Portrait Person Notable works
Alexey Dushkin (1904–1977)

E

Portrait Person Notable works
Mikhail Eisenstein (1867–1921)
Elizabetes Street 10b, Riga
2a at Albert Street, Riga

F

Portrait Person Notable works
German
descent)
baroque, neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, engineer
A court architect to
St. Petersburg:
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
, 1771–87.
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Grand Duchy of Moscow

Renaissance architect and engineer
Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, Italy, 1453;
Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, 1475–79.
Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, Italy
Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
Ivan Fomin (1872–1936)
Krasnye Vorota (Moscow Metro)
Kiev

G

Portrait Person Notable works
Domenico Gilardi (1785–1845)
Old Building of the Moscow State University
Riding Court in Kuzminki Park, Moscow
Moisei Ginzburg[4] (1892–1946)
Gosstrakh Apartments, Moscow
Ilya Golosov (1883–1945)
Zuev Workers' Club, Moscow
Yauzsky Boulevard 2, Moscow
Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868)
Khrushyov House, now Alexander Pushkin Museum
Lopukhin House, now Leo Tolstoy Museum
Alexey Gornostaev
(1808–1862)
Nikolsky Skit (Church) at the Valaam Monastery
Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland
Fyodor Gornostaev
(1867–1915)
Krutitsy Metochion (restoration work)
Rogozhskoye Cemetery Belltower
David Grimm
(1823–1898)
 Russian Empire
neo-Byzantine and Russian Revival style architect
Grimm designed numerous
Chersonesos, Crimea
, 1858–97.
Church of Maria Magdalene in Jerusalem
Saint Vladimir, Crimea

H

Portrait Person Notable works
Viktor Hartmann (1834–1873)
Novgorod
(architecture)
1873 Wien World Fair
William Heste (Hastie)[2] (1763–1832)
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg

I

Portrait Person Notable works
Boris Iofan
(1891–1976)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
constructivist and Stalin Empire style architect
1937 World's Fair in Paris and 1939 World's Fair in New York City;
Baumanskaya station of Moscow Metro
, 1944.
House on Embankment, Moscow
Illarion Ivanov-Schitz (1865–1937)
Lenkom Theatre Building, Moscow
Furmanny Lane 19, Moscow

K

Portrait Person Notable works
Alexander Kaminsky (1829–1897
Tretyakov Drive Arch, Moscow
Nikolo-Ugresh monastery
Matvey Kazakov (1738–1812)
Kremlin Senate, Moscow
Moscow City Hall
Lev Kekushev (1862–1919)[3]
Mindovsky House (Embassy of New Zealand), Moscow
Ponizovsky House (Embassy of Afghanistan), Moscow
Roman Klein (1858–1924)
Pushkin Museum, Moscow
TsUM Department Store, Moscow
Alexander Kokorinov (1726–1772)
St. Petersburg (with Vallin de la Mothe
)
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.
Semiverhaya (Seven-tops) tower of Moscow's Bely Gorod
Smolensk Kremlin wall in 1912
Ivan Kuznetsov
(1867–1942)
Business Yard at Varvarsky Gates, Moscow
Povarskaya Street 9, Moscow
Andrey Kvasov (1720–1770)[3]
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
(demolished)

L

Portrait Person Notable works
Nikolai Ladovsky[4] (1881–1941)
Nikolay Lanceray (1880–1942)
Nikita Lazarev (1866–1932)
Ivan Leonidov[4] (1902–1959)
El Lissitzky[4] (1890–1941)
Berthold Lubetkin[5] (1901–1990)

M

Portrait Person Notable works
Ivan Mashkov (1867–1945)
Georg Johann Mattarnovy
(died 1719)
 Holy Roman Empire
Tsardom of Russia

Baroque architect and sculptor
The Third Winter Palace,
St. Petersburg
, 1719–27.
St. Petersburg
(demolished)
St. Petersburg
Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974)
Adam Menelaws (between 1748 and 1756–1831)[2]
Miron Merzhanov (1895–1975)
Maximilian Messmacher (1842–1906)
Ivan Michurin (1700–1763)
Ippolit Monighetti (1819–1878)
Auguste de Montferrand[6] (1786–1858)
Arkady Mordvinov (1896–1964)
Muratkhanov in 1964
Turk, architect and civil engineer, migrated to Pakistan
in 1950
Minar-i Pakistan (23 March 1960 – 26 July 1967)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Minar-i Pakistan

N

Portrait Person Notable works
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
)
Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979)
Felix Novikov (1927–2022)

O

Portrait Person Notable works
Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky (1880–1966)

P

Portrait Person Notable works
Alfred Parland (1842–1919)
(Scottish descent)
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg
Church of the Savior on Blood, Saint Petersburg
Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius
Marian Peretyatkovich (1872–1916)
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Credited as a possible architect of the Ascension Church in
Kitai-gorod wall and towers (now mostly dismantled), 1533–38;
Sebezh
Kremlin wall (now dismantled), 1539
Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, Moscow
Kitai-gorod wall in Zaryadye, Moscow
Alexander Pomerantsev (1849–1918)
Anatoly Polyansky (1928–1993)

Q

Portrait Person Notable works
Giacomo Quarenghi[1] (1744–1817)
St. Petersburg

R

Portrait Person Notable works
Bartolomeo Rastrelli[1]
(1700–1771)
Ivan Rerberg (1869–1932)
Antonio Rinaldi[1] (1710–1794)[3]
Ivan Ropet (1845–1908)
Carlo Rossi[1] (1775–1849)
Lev Rudnev
(1885–1956)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
Stalin 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)

S

Portrait Person Notable works
Fyodor Schechtel (1859–1926)
Xavier Schoellkopf (1869–1911)
Apartment buildings in Paris, e.g. 29 boulevard de Courcelles
Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939)
Alexey Shchusev (1873–1949)
Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood (1832–1897)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (1867–1930)
Vladimir Shukhov[7] (1853–1939)
Pietro Antonio Solari (15th century)
Ivan Starov (1745–1808)
Andrei Stackenschneider (1802–1865)
Vasily Stasov (1769–1848)
Joseph Sunlight (1888–1978)
Pavel Suzor (1844–1919)
 Russian Empire
eclectics and Art Nouveau architect
Over 80 apartment, baths and corporate buildings in
St. Petersburg, including:
Ushakov House, 1882–83;
First Mutual Credit Society House, 1888–90;
Singer House
, 1902–04;
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg

T

Portrait Person Notable works
Vladimir Tatlin[4] (1885–1953)
Konstantin Thon (1794–1881)
Domenico Trezzini
(1670–1734)
  Switzerland
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
(Swiss Italian)
Petrine Baroque architect
Trezzini was the first chief architect of the newly founded
Saint Petersburg University
), 1722–36.
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Zurab Tsereteli[8] (born 1934)
Yevgraph Tyurin (1793–1873)

U

Portrait Person Notable works
Dmitry Ukhtomsky (1719–1774)

V

Portrait Person Notable works
Victor Vasnetsov[4]
(1848–1926)
Alexander Vesnin (1883–1959)
Leonid Vesnin
(1880–1933)
Victor Vesnin
(1882–1950)
Aleksandr Vitberg (1787–1855)
Andrey Voronikhin
(1759–1814)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical and Empire style architect and painter
neoclassical interiors of
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
, 1806–11.
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
Mikhail Vrubel[4] (1856–1910)

Y

Portrait Person Notable works
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.
Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Kazan Kremlin wall
Vasili Yermolin (15th century)

Z

Portrait Person Notable works
Andreyan Zakharov (1761–1811)
Alexander Zelenko (1871–1953)
Mikhail Zemtsov
(1688–1743)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
Petrine Baroque architect
participated in designing the
Catherinethal palace and park in Tallinn 1718–25;
The Church of Simon and Annа, Saint Petersburg
, 1734;
Catherinethal palace in Tallinn, Estonia
The Church of Simon and Annа, Saint Petersburg
Nikolay Zherikhov (1870s–1916)[3]
Ivan Zholtovsky (1867–1959)

See also

Sources

Nachokina, Maria (2005). Arhitektory moskovskogo moderna ("Архитекторы московского модерна") (in Russian). Moscow: Giraffe.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Citizens or natives of Italy or its predecessor states.
  2. ^ a b c Citizens or natives of the United Kingdom.
  3. ^ a b c d e Years of birth or death are unknown or disputed, see main article for clarifications.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Architect known primarily for conceptual projects and graphic design.
  5. ^ Émigré, worked primarily outside of Russia/USSR
  6. ^ Citizens or natives of France
  7. ^ Structural engineer involved in architectural projects.
  8. ^ Sculptor involved in monument building projects.