Alexander Pavlovich Brullov (November 29, 1798 - January 9, 1877) was a Russian artist associated with the latest phase of the Russian Neoclassicism. As a painter he was completely overshadowed by his illustrious brother, Karl Brullov. As an architect, he delivered lectures in the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years. Among his best known commissions in St Petersburg are the Michael Theatre (1831-33), Pulkovo Observatory (1834-39), Lutheran church on Nevsky Prospekt (1833-38), and the Guards Corps Headquarters on Palace Square (1837-43). November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Karl Pavlovich Briullov (Карл Павлович Брюллов), called by his friends the Great Karl (December 12, 1799, St Petersburg - June 11, 1852, Rome), was the first Russian painter of international standing. ... The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The Pulkovo Space Observatory (Пу́лковская астрономи́ческая обсервато́рия in Russian), the principal space observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located 19 km south of Saint Petersburg on... Nevsky Prospect, or the Neva Avenue (Russian: Íåâñêèé ïðîñïåêò), is the main thoroughfare in the city of St Petersburg. ... Palace Square is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. ...