Bethencourt A. A. (1758-1824), engineer.

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BETHENCOURT Augustin Augustinovich (Augustin) (1758-1824, St. Petersburg), mechanical engineer, constructor, Lieutenant General (1809). Native of Spain. From 1808, he was in Russian service, from 1809, he was an inspector of the Institute of Land and Water communications founded on his initiative (opened in 1810, currently, the Institute of Transport Communications). With Bethencourt’s participation the first Russian steamship was built (1815); a complex of the Office of State Papers provision on Fontanka River Embankment (1816-18; currently, Goznak Paper Mill), Kamenoostrovsky Bridge ("Betankurov") and the pontoon Isaakievsky Bridge (1821) were constructed. In 1816-24, Bethencourt was a representative of the Committee for buildings and hydraulic works founded by him, and simultaneously, in 1819-22, was in charge of the Chief Railroad Administration. Since 1816, he was developing mechanisms for installing columns of St. Isaac's Cathedral. He was buried at Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery. His tombstone (1824, architect A. A. Montferrand) and ashes were transferred in 1979 to the 18th century Necropolis.

Лит.: Боголюбов А. Н. Августин Августинович Бетанкур, 1758-1824. М., 1969.

Ю. М. Пирютко. Bethencourt Avgustin Avgustinovich
Montferrand Auguste Augustovich (Henri Louis Auguste Leger Ricard de)
Piryutko Yury Minaevich
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Боголюбов А. Н. Августин Августинович Бетанкур, 1758-1824. М., 1969 Railway University
Goznaka Paper Factory
Kamennoostrovsky Bridge
Lines of Communication, Chief Administration for
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Necropolis of the18th Century