Andrey Vasilievich Kvasov (russian: Андрей Васильевич Квасов, ca. 1720 – ca. 1770) was a notable
Baroque
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architect who worked in
Tsardom of Russia
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including the territory of
Ukraine
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. Very little is known about his life, and its dates are still uncertain. Only a handful of his buildings, though much altered, still stand.
In 1741, Kvasov helped
Mikhail Zemtsov to prepare
coronation
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celebrations in
Moscow
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. Two years later, he was entrusted with interior decoration of the
Catherine Palace
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, which resulted in the
Grand Ball Hall and other celebrated rooms. The
Saviour Church on Hay Square,
Znamenka Palace, and the palace of
Aleksey Bestuzhev
Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин; 1 June 1693 – 21 April 1766) was a Russian diplomat and chancellor. He was one of the most influential and successful diplomat ...
are also attributed to Kvasov.
Aleksey Razumovsky was Kvasov's long-time employer. In 1748 he went to the court of the Ukrainian
hetman
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Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...
Kirill Razumovsky
Count Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovski, anglicized as Cyril Grigoryevich Razumovski (russian: Кирилл Григорьевич Разумовский, uk, Кирило Григорович Розумовський ''Kyrylo Hryhorovych Rozumovs ...
, Aleksey's brother, to design the residences and churches in
Baturin,
Glukhov, and
Koselets
Kozelets ( uk, Козелець ) is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozelets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Kozelets is located on t ...
. In 1770, he was made Principal Architect of
Little Russia
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. The cathedral in Kozelets is his major surviving work in the
Ukrainian Baroque
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idiom.
Kvasov's younger brother
Aleksei is credited with devising the general layout of
Kazan
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(1766),
Tver
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Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
(1767),
Astrakhan
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(1768),
Kharkov
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St Petersburg
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.
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1720 births
1770 deaths
Russian Baroque architects
Ukrainian Baroque architects
Russian urban planners
