Andrey Melensky
Andrey Ivanovich Melensky (1766–1833) was a Russian Imperial Neoclassical architect from Moscow who was appointed the city architect of Kiev (now Kyiv, Ukraine) in 1799, and held the post for some thirty years. Melensky began his career as an assistant to Matvey Kazakov, Vasily Bazhenov, and Giacomo Quarenghi and was involved in the construction of the Catherine Palace on the Yauza River. He was put in charge of the reconstruction of Podil after the great 1811 fire, and succeeded in remodeling the district in a provincial Palladian style.
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Andrey Melensky
N.V. Zakrevsky (1805—1871) · http: 2000.net.ua/2000/aspekty/nasledie/75505 · Public domain
- Born
- 1766 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1833 · Kyiv.
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- Russian Empire
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- architect
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- Classicism
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- Contracts House
- Honours
- Order of St. Vladimir and 4th class
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Andrey Ivanovich Melensky (1766–1833) was a Russian Imperial Neoclassical architect from Moscow who was appointed the city architect of Kiev (now Kyiv, Ukraine) in 1799, and held the post for some thirty years. Melensky began his career as an assistant to Matvey Kazakov, Vasily Bazhenov, and Giacomo Quarenghi and was involved in the construction of the Catherine Palace on the Yauza River. He was put in charge of the reconstruction of Podil after the great 1811 fire, and succeeded in remodeling the district in a provincial Palladian style.
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Melensky was the first architect to be given the position of City Architect of Kiev.
• Contracts House • Magdeburg Rights Column • Church of St. Nicholas, Podil • Nativity Church, Podil • Holy Cross Church, Podil • Askold Grave Church • Resurrection Church at the Florivsky Convent • Reconstruction of the Podil Gostiny Dvor • Old building of the city theatre • Old House of Nobility • Pechersk wooden synagogue • Illustration — Magdeburg Rights Column • Illustration — Nativity Church • Illustration — Askold's Grave Church • Illustration — The Contract House • Illustration — Gostiny Dvor
Первый Городской театр в Киеве. Рисунок неизвестного автора, ок. 1850
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Козье болото (район нынешнего Майдана Независимости) на Генеральном плане Киева картографа Андрея Меленского, 1803 г.
Andriy Melenskyi (Андрей Меленский) · [1]
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1766
Andrey Melensky born at Moscow.
1833
Andrey Melensky died at Kyiv.
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Andrey Melensky is recorded as having received Order of St.
Vladimir, 4th class
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