Matwei Fyodorovich Kazakov
Matvey Kazakov ( Russian Матвей Фёдорович Казаков * 1738 in Moscow , † October 26 . Jul / 7. November 1812 greg. In Ryazan ) was a Russian architect.
Kazakow worked during the reign of Catherine II. He developed an individual classicism based on the baroque . Its most important building is the Senate Palace (1787) in the Moscow Kremlin .
Other buildings:
- 1775: House of the Moscow Nobility Assembly (later House of the Trade Unions ), whose columned hall is known as the venue
 - 1776–1780: Petrovsk Palace in Moscow- Bely Gorod
 - 1782: Butyrka prison-fortress
 - 1786–1796: Head of the reconstruction of the burned-down Kremlin arsenal
 - 1787–1790: Potemkin Palace in Dnepropetrovsk
 
The asteroid (5544) Kazakov was named after Kazakov .
literature
- Valentin Janin et al .: Otetschestwennaja istorija: istorija Rossii s drewneischich wremen do 1917 goda: Tom 2 . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moskwa 1996, pp. 437-438. ISBN 5-85270-049-5 (Russian)
 
Web links
Commons : Matwei Kazakow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Matwei Kazakow at biografija.ru (Russian)
 
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kazakow, Matwei Fyodorowitsch | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kazakov, Matwei; Казако́в, Матве́й Фёдорович (Russian) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian architect | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1738 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow | 
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1812 | 
| Place of death | Ryazan |