Avraam Melnikov

Melnikov became de facto Dean of the Academy in 1831 but was not officially appointed until 1843. Melnikov collaborated with sculptor Ivan Martos on the pedestals for his statues of Minin and Pozharsky in Red Square and Duc de Richelieu at the top of the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa. Apart from the Imperial School of Jurisprudence and the Old Believer Church of St. Nicholas (later converted into the Arctic and Antarctic Museum), Melnikov's major buildings are in New Russia and the Volga provinces. The Saviour Cathedral in Rybinsk is based on Melnikov's design that had won the architectural competition for St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. It was also Melnikov who won the competition for the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Neither design was approved by Alexander I of Russia. His successor, Nicholas I, also preferred the Russo-Byzantine designs of Konstantin Thon to the supposedly ponderous Late Neoclassical style espoused by Melnikov.

Avraam Melnikov studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Andreyan Zakharov is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is architecture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Minsk, Pskov and Nizhny Novgorod. Employment is recorded with Imperial Academy of Arts. Works named in the authority record are Imperial School of Jurisprudence and Cathedral of the Dormition. Distinctions recorded are Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

• Native Name — Авраам Иванович Мельников • Born — 30 July 1784 • Birthplace — Oranienbaum • Died — 1854 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg • Known for — Architecture • Alma Mater — Alumni • Education — Member Professor • Awards — Medal • Notable Works — Potemkin Stairs

• Arctic and Antarctic Museum • Imperial School of Jurisprudence • Potemkin Stairs, Odessa • Nativity Cathedral, Chişinău • Transfiguration Cathedral, Bolhrad • Saviour Cathedral, Bolhrad. • Semicircular Square, Odessa • Kazan Cathedral, Yaroslavl • Saviour Cathedral, Rybinsk • Demidov Lyceum, Yaroslavl • St. Nicholas Cathedral, Mtsensk • The cathedral belltower in Yaroslavl • Illustration — Saviour Cathedral Rybinsk • Illustration — Old Believer Church of St. Nicholas, St. Petersburg • Illustration — Nativity Cathedral, Chişinău • Illustration — Kazan Cathedral, Yaroslavl • Illustration — Demidov Lyceum, Yaroslavl • Illustration — Transfiguration Cathedral, Bolgrad