Alexander Lavrentjewitsch Witberg
Aleksandr Vitberg ( Russian Александр Лаврентьевич Витберг ., Scientific transliteration Aleksandr Lavrent'evič Vitberg ; born January 15, jul. / 26. January 1787 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † January 12 jul. / 24. January 1855 greg. Ibid) was a Russian neoclassical architect and painter of Swedish descent. He won the competition to design the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow . Witberg was friends with Alexander Herzen during the exile in Vyatka .
literature
- Valentin Janin and others: Otetschestwennaja istorija: istorija Rossii s drewneischich wremen do 1917 goda: Tom 1 . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1994, p. 395. ISBN 5-85270-076-2 . (Russian)
Web links
Wikisource: Alexander Witberg - Sources and full texts (Russian)
- Witberg's Memoirs (Moscow 1872) (Russian)
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SURNAME | Witberg, Alexander Lavrentjewitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Витберг, Александр Лаврентьевич (Russian); Vitberg, Aleksandr Lavrent'evič (scientific transliteration) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian neoclassical architect and painter of Swedish descent |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1787 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1855 |
Place of death | St. Petersburg |