Commission for St. Petersburg Construction

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COMMISSION OF ST. PETERSBURG CONSTRUCTION was the state institution organized on 10 July 1737 to regulate the city development following the fires on Admiralteisky Island. It was headed by K.A. Minich with P.M. Eropkin as chief architect. The commission composed urban planning projects, was in charge of assigning plots for streets and squares (as a result of the Commission work, Nevsky Prospect, Sadovaya Street, etc. were named for the first time). To facilitate the development works, the city was divided into five parts, supervised by respective architects: Admiralteiskaya (M.G. Zemtsov, I.K. Korobov), Peterburgskaya (Zemtsov), Vasilievskaya (G. Trezzini), Moskovskaya and Liteinaya (I.Y. Schumacher). The Commission also developed plans of Okhtinskaya Settlement and Vyborgskaya Side. Most part of the projects prepared by the Commission was implemented (creation of the three-axes composition of Neva left-bank part of the city, etc.). The commission was abolished in 1746.

A. A. Alexeev. Eropkin Peter Mikhailovich
Korobov Ivan Kuzmich
Minich Christoph Antonovich (Burghard Christoph), Count
Schumacher Iogann Yakob
Trezzini Giuseppe
Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Петербургская часть
Литейная часть
Московская часть
Выборгская сторона
Васильевская часть
Адмиралтейская часть
Малиновский К. В. Комиссия о Санкт-Петербургском строении // Три века Санкт-Петербурга: Энцикл. СПб., 2001 1737
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