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Commission for St. Petersburg and Moscow Stone Construction
Commission for St. Petersburg and Moscow Stone Construction
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Architecture/Urban Planning/Architectural-planning Organizations and Institutions
COMMISSION FOR ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW STONE CONSTRUCTION was the state institution addressing the issues of urban planning and development of both capitals and other cities. It was formed on 11 December 1762 and was supervised by the Senate. Initially, its task was to define the boundaries of St. Petersburg and suburbs. In 1763, it held a contest for the best urban plan. According to the Commission projects, the regulation of small rivers' and canals' embankments construction, the formation of central squares' architecture ensembles was performed. In 1764-68, the Commission created the development plan the Admiralteiskaya's Parts, Vasilievsky Island, Petersburg Side, and the suburbs beyond the Fontanka River. The commission’s chief architects were A.V. Kvasov (until 1772), I.E. Starov (1772-74), I. Lem (1774-96). The Commission also elaborated development plans for Moscow and over 300 country towns nationwide. The commission was abolished in 1796. A. A. Alexeev.
Persons
Kvasov Alexey Vasilievich
Leim (Lem) Ivan Mikhailovich
Starov Ivan Egorovich
Bibliographies
Малиновский К. В. Комиссия о каменном строении Санкт-Петербурга и Москвы // Три века Санкт-Петербурга: Энцикл. СПб., 2001
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Senate
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Admiralteisky Avenue
ADMIRALTEISKY AVENUE (Admiralty Avenue) in the mid-to-late 18th century - Admiralteiskaya Street or Bolshaya Street, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Avenue in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917). A link between Palace Square and St
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Betskoy I.I. (1704-1795), statesman and teacher
BETSKOY (Betsky) Ivan Ivanovich (1703 or 1704-1795, St. Petersburg), statesman and public figure, actual privy counsellor (1766). He was the illegitimate son of General Field Marshal Prince I.Y. Trubetskoy
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Catherine II the Great, Alekseyevna (1729-1796, St. Petersburg), Empress
Catherine II the Great, Alekseyevna (1729-1796, St. Petersburg), Empress from 1761.
Nee Sophie Friederike Auguste, Princess von Anhalt-Zerbst . In 1744 she came into Russia being the bride of the Heir Grand Duke Peter Fiodorovich (the future
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Chicherin N.I. Chief of the Police General in 1745-60
CHICHERIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1724-1782), statesman and combat leader, general en shef (1773). In 1737 he was registered in the Guards, in 1740 a batman of Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswick. In 1742 he was transferred to the Army
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General Plans for the Development of Petersburg-Leningrad
GENERAL PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PETERSBURG-LENINGRAD. One the first projects of St. Petersburg planning dates back to 1709-12. According to it, the city centre should be situated at Kotlin Island and was to be connected to outer parts of the
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Gorokhovaya Street
GOROKHOVAYA STREET, runs from Admiralteysky Avenue to Zagorodny Avenue, crossing the Moika River (Krasny Bridge), Griboedova Canal (Kamenny Bridge) and the Fontanka River (Semenovsky Bridge)
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Kvasov Al. V., architect
KVASOV Alexey Vasilievich (early 1730s, St. Petersburg - 1772), architect, town-planner, master of the early Neoclassical style. From 1747, he studied under his elder brother, the architect Andrey V. Kvasov
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Neoclassicism
NEOCLASSICISM (from the Latin сlassicus - exemplary), the style in art and architecture, based on the cult of reason and ideal order, the antique heritage being its source
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Sennaya Square
SENNAYA SQUARE (from 1952 to 1991 - Mira Square), located at the intersection of Sadovaya Street (some buildings numbered) and Moskovsky Avenue. The St. Petersburg Construction Commission proposed the construction of an extensive square on this site
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Shuvalov Family
SHUVALOV FAMILY, nobles and counts (since 1746), known since the 16th century. I.I. Shuvalov was a favourite of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna's. His brothers were Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov (1710-71), a Count (1746), statesman
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Starov I.E. (1744-1808), architect
STAROV Ivan Egorovich (1745-1808, St. Petersburg), architect, city-planner, one of the founders of Russian Neoclassicism. Resided in St. Petersburg from 1758. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1762). Apprenticed with architect C
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