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Persons / Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume) architect
Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume; 1788-1859), engineer, bridge builder

TRAITTEUR VASILY KARLOVICH (WILHELM, GUILLAUME) (1788-1859), engineer, lithographer, Major General (1830). Immigrant from Germany. In 1814-1831, he was in the Russian service. In 1816, he created the first lithograph in Russia

Bankovsky Bridge

BANKOVSKY BRIDGE, spanning Griboedov Canal, by the building of the former Assignation Bank (hence the name). Built in 1825-26 (engineer V.K. Tretter) as a chain footbridge with four cast iron griffin figures (sculptor P.P. Sokolov)

Bridges (entry)

BRIDGES, an integral part of the urban planning structure and architectural appearance of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the city numbered 342 bridges of various kinds and types; in Kronstadt: 5 bridges, Pushkin: 54 bridges, Petrodvorets: 51 bridges

Committee for Construction and Water Works

COMMITTEE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WATER WORKS was the state institution created in May 1816 on the initiative of A. A. Bethencourt for consideration of development, urban planning, and improvement projects of St. Petersburg

Egyptian Bridge

EGYPTIAN BRIDGE, spanning the Fontanka River, on Lermontovsky Avenue. Built in 1825-26 (engineers V.A. Khristianovich, V.K. Traitteur). A single-span chain bridge with rich architectural mounting in Egyptian style; on the approaches are four cast

Isaakievsky Bridge

ISAAKIEVSKY BRIDGE, (St. Isaac’s Bridge) the first floating bridge over the Bolshaya Neva, opposite what is now Decembrist Square. It linked Admiralteysky Island with Vasilievsky Island. In 1727, the bridge was first launched

Konyushenny Bridges

KONYUSHENNY BRIDGES (Stables' bridges), two bridges across the Moika River near the building of the Department of Stables (hence the name). The Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge (formerly Greek

Lviny Bridge

LVINY (LION'S) BRIDGE ("four lions bridge"), over Griboedov Canal, links the Lviny Lane with Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. It was built in 1825-26 (engineers V.K. Traitteur, V.А

Panteleymonovsky Bridge

PANTELEYMONOVSKY BRIDGE (in 1824-1827 known as Tsepnoy Bridge (Chain Bridge), in 1828-91 it was renamed into Panteleymonovsky Tsepnoy Bridge, in 1915-1923 called Gangutsky, in the 1920s Dekabrista Pestelya Bridge

Pochtamtsky Bridge

POCHTAMTSKY BRIDGE (Post Office Bridge), over the Moika River, beside Prachechny Lane. The bridge was built in 1823-24 (engineers V.K. Traitteur, V.A. Khristianovich) as a chain pedestrian bridge to replace a four-span wooden beam bridge that had

Teatralny Bridge

TEATRALNY BRIDGE (Theatre Bridge, also known as Malo-Konyushenny Bridge, Troinoy, Trekharkovy), across Griboedova Canal, at the head of the Canal bу the Moika river. A three-span wooden drawbridge had been built here in 1769-81