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36: 384: 494:(Павловская больница, now "Fourth City Hospital") is the only work of Kazakov's that has remained unaltered over two centuries. Established in 1763, it was the oldest public hospital in Moscow. In 1802, Kazakov started to rebuild the main building in the strict Neoclassicist style; side buildings were added by Giliardi in the 1820s. In the process of construction, Kazakov was indicted for fraud; he was spared from criminal persecution but lost his license, which barred him from state-funded projects. 288:’s Great Kremlin Palace project. Both architects were the same age—30 years old—but had very different educations. Bazhenov received a formal European education, while Kazakov learned his trade repairing Kremlin relics and never traveled far from Moscow. His enormous utopian project dragged slowly until its dissolution in 1774. By this time, Kazakov was already working on private orders; architects were in high demand after a 1773 fire razed the wealthy 320: 488:, the first stage was completed by July 22, 1802. In 1812, the 130-bed hospital was spared by fire. It housed the wounded of both French and Russian armies. Later, the First and Second City Hospitals were built nearby. In 1918, all three hospitals were merged and are known today as "First City" (Первая Градская). The central core of the hospital remains very close to Kazakov's original. 427: 349:(Петровский подъездной дворец, "St.Peter's Arrival Palace") was begun in 1776 and officially completed November 3, 1780 (though the works continued for three more years). This palace was intended to be the last overnight station of royal journeys from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Catherine visited once, in 1785; 330:
Numerous private houses built by Kazakov shaped the city before 1812. These were very simple classicist structures consisting of a symmetrical rectangular core with portico and very modest exterior decoration. "Kazakov's Moscow" disappeared in the fire of 1812; the few surviving houses were later
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as the Temple of Law. The triangular structure is centered on the Rotunda Hall, which has a diameter of 24.6 meters. Its dome originally carried a St. George statue, then a statue of Justice which was destroyed by French troops in 1812. Later, the state flag flew from the dome, as seen from Red
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Kazakov's legacy remains in public buildings, country palaces and churches. Kazakov's major works, unlike Bazhenov's and the private houses of his own design, are almost invariably centered on Kazakov's trademark
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The red-brick castle with white detail originally had two royal apartments on the first floor and plenty of service space on the ground floor. They all converge on a central rotunda hall. The descriptor of
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Kazakov was born in Moscow. His father was a government clerk and a former serf who earned his freedom by serving in the Navy. When Kazakov was twelve years old, he joined the architectural school of
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columns, all wood with white faux marble finish. It has arguably the best acoustics in Moscow and has always been a prime stage for classical music. In the Soviet era, it housed party congresses and
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in 1761, Kazakov was assigned to rebuild Tver as a junior architect under P.R. Nikitin, and dedicated seven years to this project. The Travel, or Transit, Palace was completed by Kazakov in 1767.
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Many Catherinian buildings can not be positively attributed to Bazhenov or Kazakov. Both worked together on major projects like Tsaritsino, and records were lost to 1812 fire and later losses
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abandoned it; Napoleon lived in it, and watched the city in flames, but burned it down when he left it. The palace was restored in the 1830s and again in 1874 with minor alterations.
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on a large triangular property in the northern corner of the Kremlin, following a 1775 draft by Kazakov. Blank was demoted in 1779, and Kazakov took the lead. He envisaged the
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structures inspired Catherine II to award the architects two independent commissions in Gothic style—Tsaritsyno Palace to Bazhenov and
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Kazakov stepped out of Bazhenov’s shadow, receiving his first personal royal commission to design a temporary Prechistenka palace for
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Kazakov had three sons, all trained in architecture. Pavel and Vasily died young; Matvey survived his father and died at age 39.
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reported from the site, "crushed walls, ripped air ducts and piles of 200 year old bricks remind me of wandering around ruins of
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Hospitals were built well outside of city limits to control disease, and so survived the fire that razed the city
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1785 – Kiryakov House, Petrovka Street (disputed, attributed to Kazakov’s junior architects)
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The building remained a royal hotel until 1918, but also housed a variety of non-royal residents;
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House, Maroseika Street (disputed, also attributed to Bazhenov) Today, houses the embassy of
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architect. Kazakov was one of the most influential Muscovite architects during the reign of
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Russian: "Памятники архитектуры Москвы. Окрестности старой Москвы", М., 2004, стр. 138-144
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This story appears in all biographies of Kazakov, sometimes referring to his son's memoirs
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used to stay in the castle at his friends' apartment. Starting in 1920, the palace housed
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and earlier Russian themes like the oversized bottle-shaped pillars by the main entrance.
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1792 – Kozitskaya House, Petrovka Street, rebuilt in 1901 as Yeliseyev’s Food Shop
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on October 26, 1812 (Old Style) and was buried in Ryazan's Trinity Monastery.
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Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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and Park (original project by Bazhenov, redesign and completion by Kazakov)
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1802-1811 – Pavlovskaya (St.Paul’s) Hospital, Pavlovskaya Street
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In 1806, the ailing Kazakov finally retired from practice. After the
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1796-1801 – Golitsyn (First City) Hospital, Kaluzhskaya Street
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1791-1803 – Church of St. Cosma and Damian, Maroseika Street
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was built in three stages, beginning in 1784. A reconstruction by
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1777 – Church of Metropolitan Philip, Gilyarovskogo Street
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1791 – Yermolov House, Tverskaya Street, demolished 1936
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1790s – own house and school, Moscow, Zlatoustinsky lane
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1785 – Khryaschev House, Ilyinka Street, destroyed 1930s
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Street, destroyed 1935 (disputed, also attributed to Bazhenov)
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Construction began in 1776, initially managed by Karl Blank
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Russian: Владимир Седов. Палладианская классика в Москве
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1790s – Khlebnikov House, Novaya Basmannaya Street
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1788 – Church of the Resurrection, Gorokhovo Pole
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Kazakov's most successful students and assistants were
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Square, and the dome became a Soviet propaganda icon.
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Moscow architectural monuments. Suburbs of old Moscow
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1801 – Church of St.John the Baptist, destroyed
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1785 – Kalinin and Petrov House, Ilyinka Street
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after the fire of 1812 changed the exterior to heavy
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1790s – Baryshnikov House, Myasnitskaya Street
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