List of Russian architects explained

This is a list of architects of the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list also includes those who were born in the Russian Federation///Tsardom of Russia/Grand Duchy of Moscow but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a significant period of time.

Attested biographies of architects in Russian history date back to 1475, when Aristotile Fioravanti, a native of Bologna, arrived in Moscow to build the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Foreign architects had a notable place in Russian and Soviet history, especially in the last quarter of the 18th century (Charles Cameron, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Carlo Rossi and others) and in the first quarter of the 20th century (Mies van der Roe, Erich Mendelsohn, Ernst May and others). This list includes foreign architects whose primary, and most tangible work materialized on Russian soil (i.e. Cameron, Rastrelli, Rossi) while short-term assignments by visiting architects (Mies van der Roe, Mendelsohn, May) are omitted.

Alphabetical list

A

PortraitPersonNotable works
Aloisio da Milano
(15th–16th cc.)
Italy
Grand Duchy of Moscow
architect, fortification engineer
The walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin along the Neglinnaya River, 1495;
the stone chambers, which today constitute the first three floors of the Terem Palace 1499–1508;
a moat (later dubbed the Alevizov moat in his honor) along the Kremlin wall on the side of the Red Square, 1508–16.
Aloisio the New
(15th–16th cc.)
Italy
Grand Duchy of Moscow
architect
Some sections of the Bakhchisaray palace, Crimea, before 1504;
Archangel Cathedral, the burial place of Moscow's monarchs 1505–08;
Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter in Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, Moscow, admittedly the earliest rotunda in Russia 1514–17.

H

PortraitPersonNotable works
Viktor Hartmann (1834–1873)
William Heste (Hastie) (1763–1832)

I

PortraitPersonNotable works
Boris Iofan
(1891–1976)


constructivist and Stalin Empire style architect
House on Embankment, Moscow, 1928–31;
1931–33 winning draft of the Palace of Soviets (never built);
Soviet Pavilions at 1937 World's Fair in Paris and 1939 World's Fair in New York City;
Baumanskaya station of Moscow Metro, 1944.
Illarion Ivanov-Schitz (1865–1937)

L

PortraitPersonNotable works
Nikolai Ladovsky (1881–1941)
Nikolay Lanceray (1880–1942)
Nikita Lazarev (1866–1932)
Ivan Leonidov (1902–1959)
El Lissitzky (1890–1941)
Berthold Lubetkin[5] (1901–1990)

M

PortraitPersonNotable works
Ivan Mashkov (1867–1945)
Georg Johann Mattarnovy
(died 1719)

Tsardom of Russia
Baroque architect and sculptor
The Third Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, 1719–21;
Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg, 1719–27.
Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974)
Adam Menelaws (between 1748 and 1756–1831)
Miron Merzhanov (1895–1975)
Maximilian Messmacher (1842–1906)
Ivan Michurin (1700–1763)
Ippolit Monighetti (1819–1878)
Auguste de Montferrand[6] (1786–1858)
Arkady Mordvinov (1896–1964)
Nasreddin Muratkhanov (1904–1970)
Russian Empire / Soviet Union
An ethnic Turk, architect and civil engineer, migrated to Pakistan in 1950
Minar-i Pakistan (23 March 1960 – 26 July 1967)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

N

PortraitPersonNotable works
Nikolai Nikitin (1907–1973)


structural designer and construction engineer
Invented a number of innovative techniques, including the usage of prestressed concrete with wire ropes; works include:
Moscow State University, 240 m, 1949–53;
Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, 237 m, 1952–55;
Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, 1955–56;
The Motherland Calls statue on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, 85 m, 1967;
Ostankino Tower, 540 m, 1963–67;
Nikitin-Travush 4000 project (4000 metres, precursor to X-Seed 4000)
Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979)
Felix Novikov (1927–2022)

P

PortraitPersonNotable works
Alfred Parland (1842–1919)
(Scottish descent)
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg
Marian Peretyatkovich (1872–1916)
Petrok Maly
(? – c. 1539)
Italy
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Credited as a possible architect of the Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye (an early tented roof church), 1528–32;
Kitai-gorod wall and towers (now mostly dismantled), 1533–38;
Sebezh Kremlin wall (now dismantled), 1539
Alexander Pomerantsev (1849–1918)
Anatoly Polyansky (1928–1993)

R

PortraitPersonNotable works
Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771)
Ivan Rerberg (1869–1932)
Antonio Rinaldi (1710–1794)
Ivan Ropet (1845–1908)
Carlo Rossi (1775–1849)
Lev Rudnev
(1885–1956)


Stalin Empire style architect
Moscow State University (1949–1953);
Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, (1952–1955);
Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga, Latvia, (1953–1956).
Marco Ruffo (15th century)

S

PortraitPersonNotable works
Fyodor Schechtel (1859–1926)
Xavier Schoellkopf (1869–1911)
Apartment buildings in Paris, e.g. 29 boulevard de Courcelles
Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939)
Alexey Shchusev (1873–1949)
Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood (1832–1897)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (1867–1930)
Vladimir Shukhov[7] (1853–1939)
Pietro Antonio Solari (15th century)
Ivan Starov (1745–1808)
Andrei Stackenschneider (1802–1865)
Vasily Stasov (1769–1848)
Joseph Sunlight (1888–1978)
Pavel Suzor (1844–1919)

eclectics and Art Nouveau architect
Over 80 apartment, baths and corporate buildings in St. Petersburg, including:
Ushakov House, 1882–83;
First Mutual Credit Society House, 1888–90;
Singer House, 1902–04;

T

PortraitPersonNotable works
Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953)
Konstantin Thon (1794–1881)
Domenico Trezzini
(1670–1734)
Switzerland
Tsardom of Russia

(Swiss Italian)
Petrine Baroque architect
Trezzini was the first chief architect of the newly founded Saint Petersburg; he designed the first general plan of St. Petersburg, as well as plans of Kronstadt (1704) and the Alexander Nevsky Monastery (1717), and supervised a number of major projects:
Peter and Paul Fortress (since 1703), with the Peter and Paul Cathedral inside, 1712–33;
Peter the Great's Summer Palace, 1710–11;
Twelve Collegia Building (now the main building of Saint Petersburg University), 1722–36.
Zurab Tsereteli[8] (born 1934)
Yevgraph Tyurin (1793–1873)

V

PortraitPersonNotable works
Victor Vasnetsov (1848–1926)
Alexander Vesnin (1883–1959)
Leonid Vesnin (1880–1933)
Victor Vesnin (1882–1950)
Aleksandr Vitberg (1787–1855)
Andrey Voronikhin
(1759–1814)

neoclassical and Empire style architect and painter
neoclassical interiors of Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg, 1793;
Voronikhin colonnades and Lion cascade in Petergof;
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, 1801–11;
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, 1806–11.
Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910)

Y

PortraitPersonNotable works
Postnik Yakovlev
(16th century)
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Tsardom of Russia
tented-roof architect and fortification engineer
Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, 1555–60;
with Ivan ShirIai designed the walls of the Kazan Kremlin and, according to some sources, the Cathedral of the Assumption in Kazan, 1561–62.
Vasili Yermolin (15th century)

Z

PortraitPersonNotable works
Andreyan Zakharov (1761–1811)
Alexander Zelenko (1871–1953)
Mikhail Zemtsov
(1688–1743)
Tsardom of Russia

Petrine Baroque architect
participated in designing the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg and the park in Petergof;
completed the design of Catherinethal palace and park in Tallinn 1718–25;
The Church of Simon and Annа, Saint Petersburg, 1734;
Nikolay Zherikhov (1870s–1916)
Ivan Zholtovsky (1867–1959)

See also

Sources

Book: Russian . Nachokina, Maria . Arhitektory moskovskogo moderna ("Архитекторы московского модерна") . Moscow: Giraffe . 2005 . 978-5-89832-043-0 .

Notes and References

  1. Citizens or natives of the United Kingdom.
  2. Citizens or natives of Italy or its predecessor states.
  3. Architect known primarily for conceptual projects and graphic design.
  4. Years of birth or death are unknown or disputed, see main article for clarifications.
  5. [Émigré]
  6. Citizens or natives of France
  7. [Structural engineer]
  8. Sculptor involved in monument building projects.