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Razumovsky Palace
Razumovsky Palace
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RAZUMOVSKY PALACE (48 Moika River Embankment), an architectural monument. It was constructed for Count K.G. Razumovsky (see Razumovsky Family) in 1762-66. Stylistically it merges from the Baroque to the Neoclassical (architects A.F. Kokorinov, J.B. Vallin de la Mothe) on the site of the wooden palace of Count Lowenwolde (the 1730s, architect F. Rastrelli). The three-storey main building is in the far end of the ground; its facade is decorated with a colonnade of six Corinthian columns, carrying an entablature and a high stepped attic. Two wings form an extensive frontal courtyard, enclosed by a stone fence with monumental gates in the centre. The early 18th century part of the garden has been preserved. At the end of the 18th century the Razumovsky Palace was bought by the treasury and given to the Education House (in 1837 - Nikolaevsky Orphan's Institute). In 1797-98, Razumovsky Palace was extended and its interiors were remodelled (architect A. Porto). In 1918, the building passed to the Herzen Pedagogical Institute (nowadays Pedagogical University). A monument to K.D. Ushinsky was erected in 1961 in the front yard. V. G. Isachenko.
Persons
Herzen Alexander Ivanovich
Kokorinov Alexander Filippovich
Lowenwolde Karl Gustaw, Count
Porto Antonio
Rastrelli Francesco de
Razumovsky Kirill Grigorievich, Count
Ushinsky Konstantin Dmitrievich
Vallin de la Mothe Jean Baptiste Michel
Addresses
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 48
The subject Index
Pedagogical University
Chronograph
1766
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Boarding House of Education
BOARDING HOUSE OF EDUCATION, Imperial St. Petersburg, charitable establishment. Founded in 1770 on the initiative and plans of I.I. Betskoy to take care of illegitimate children, orphans and children of the poor
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Kokorinov A.F. (1726-1772), architect
KOKORINOV Alexander Filippovich (1726-1772, St. Petersburg), architect and engineer. He was one of the first masters of Russian Classicism. He studied in Tobolsk and Moscow. Kokorinov lived in St
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Moika, river
MOIKA (the original name Mya; known as Muya until the early 18th century, derived from the Izhora word for "slush, mire"), a river in the Neva river delta. The Moika River is 4.67 kilometres long, with a width of up to 40 metres
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Pedagogical University
PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, situated at 48 Moika River Embankment. It originates from the Imperial Foster Home founded in 1797
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Razumovsky Family
RAZUMOVSKY FAMILY, nobles and counts (from 1744) of Malorussian origin, known from the second half of the 17th century, rising to fame in the mid-18th century. Alexey Grigorievich Razumovsky (1709-71, St
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Vallin de la Mothe J.-B.M. (1729-1800), architect.
VALLIN DE LA MOTHE Jean Baptiste Michel (1729-1800), French architect. Is thought to have studied under the supervision of his cousin, architect J.F. Blondel. In 1750-52, he further perfected his skills in Italy
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