Demidov chateau in Taitsy near Gatchina, 1770s.

Ivan Yegorovich Starov (1745-1808) was a Russian architect from St Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolayiv, and many other towns in Russia and Ukraine. His radial urban master plan for Yaroslavl, cleverly highlighting dozens historic churches and towers, is recognized as one of the World Heritage Sites. Coat of arms of Prince Anatole Demidoff. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gatchina is the city of 84900 inhabitants in the Leningrad oblast of the Russian Federation, 45 km south of St Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 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... Jump to: navigation, search Yaroslavl (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km NE of Moscow at 57°37′ N 39°51′ E The historical part of the city is located at confluence of Volga and Kotorosl. ... Jump to: navigation, search Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... 10-ruble Russian coin of 2003 in the Ancient cities of Russia series - commemorating Pskov Pskov (Псков, ancient spelling Пльсковъ, also Pihkva (Estonian), Pleskau (German) and Psków (Polish)) is an ancient Russian city, located in the north-west of Russia near the present-day border with Estonia, on the river... Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровськ, Dnipropetrovs’k; Russian: Днепропетро́вск, Dnepropetrovsk, formerly Екатериносла́в, Yekaterinoslav) is Ukraines third largest city with 1. ... Mykolayiv (Ukrainian Миколаїв), also known by its Russian name Николаев (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ... Jump to: navigation, search World Heritage Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...

Starov was one of the first graduates of the Moscow University College (1755-58) and of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1758-62). He continued his education in Paris (1762-67) and Rome (1767-68), being apprenticed to some of the most fashionable architects of his day. Back in Russia, he delivered lectures in the Academy of Arts, which nominated him academician (1769) and professor (1785). Starov held the post of the principal architect of St Petersburg between 1772 and 1774. After that, he worked extensively for Prince Potemkin, helping him to found the major cities of New Russia. Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is considered the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov under the name of Academy of Three Noblest Arts in 1757. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... Jump to: navigation, search 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Novorossiya (Russian: , literally New Russia) is a historic area now mostly located in southern Ukraine, and partially in southern Russia. ...

Works

Apart from urban planning, Starov was a leading representative of the early neoclassical architecture in Russia. His major projects chronicle the transition of national architecture from the late Rinaldiesque baroque of the 1760s to the magnificent Neoclassical palaces of the 1780s: 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. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Rinaldis cathedral in a provincial Russian town, 1764 Antonio Rinaldi (1710-1794) was an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia. ...

• 1769 - Demidov dacha near Peterhof, commissioned by Starov's brother-in-law, Alexander Demidov, and destroyed by the Nazis
• 1773 - chateau and church in Bogoroditsk, commissioned by Count Bobrinsky
• 1773 - chateau and church in Nikolskoe near Moscow, commissioned by Prince Gagarin
• 1774 - chateau, gothic gate and park in Taitsy near Gatchina, commissioned by Alexander Demidov
  

  

  Radial urban master plan for the town of Kostroma (1781).
• 1775 - chateau and park pavilions in Suvoritsy near St Petersburg, commissioned by Pyotr Demidov
• 1778 - Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St Petersburg, commissioned by the Holy Synod
• 1783 - gate church and iron-cast grille of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, commissioned by the Holy Synod
• 1783 - Tauride Palace in St Petersburg, commissioned by Prince Potemkin
• 1783 - chateau in Ostrovki on the Neva River, commissioned by Prince Potemkin
• 1784 - Pella Palace on the Neva River, commissioned by Catherine II of Russia and demolished by her son Paul.
• 1784 - Lithuanian prison castle at the intersection of the Moyka and the Kryukov Canal in St Petersburg, demolished after the 1917 fire
• 1786 - Potemkin Palace in Yekaterinoslav, commissioned by Prince Potemkin
• 1790 - Potemkin mansion in Bogoyavlensk-on-the-Bug, commissioned by Prince Potemkin
• 1790 - magistrate and cathedral in Mykolayiv, commissioned by Prince Potemkin
• 1794 - chateau and pavilions in Voznesenskoe on the Neva River, commissioned by Count Sheremetev
• 1795 - Potemkin mausoleum, commissioned by Potemkin's niece Countess Branicka but never executed
• 1796 - Theotokos Cathedral in Kazan, commissioned by the Kazan governorate and destroyed by the Communists

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External link

• Ivan Starov: life and works (in Russian)