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Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider (russian: Андрей Иванович Штакеншнейдер) (March 6 regorian 1802 – August 20 regorian 1865), also spelled ''Stackenschneider'' and ''Stuckenschneider'', was a Russian architect. His eclectic approach and competence in period styles is manifest in ten palaces built to his design in
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. He is often credited for turning Russian architecture from
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to Romanticism. Born into a prosperous family, Stakenschneider trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts, helping
Auguste de Montferrand Auguste de Montferrand (; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French classicist architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Alexander Column in St. Petersburg. Early ...
to supervise the construction of
Saint Isaac's Cathedral Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is ...
. He was a revivalist, finding his inspiration in Greek, Renaissance, Baroque, and Gothic styles. His first independent work was a Neo-Gothic castle at Keila-Joa, a residence of Count
Alexander von Benckendorff Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff (russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, – ) was a Baltic German Cavalry General and statesman, Ad ...
near Tallinn. In the late 1830s, Stakenschneider emerged as the chief court architect of Nicholas I of Russia. For this monarch and his children he designed the Mariinsky Palace (1839–44),
Nicholas Palace Nicholas Palace (Russian: Николаевский дворец, ''Nikolayevsky dvorets'') was one of several St Petersburg palaces designed by Andreas Stackensneider (1802–65) for the children of Nicholas I of Russia. The palace of Grand Duke N ...
(1853–61),
New Michael Palace The New Michael Palace (Ново-Михайловский дворец, ''Novo-Mikhailovsky Dvorets'') was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children. It was built between 1857 and 1862 on th ...
(1857–61), as well as the
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Beloselsky Belozersky Palace (Russian: Дворе́ц Белосе́льских-Белозе́рских; also known before the Revolution as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Sergei Palace, and the Dmitry Palace) is a N ...
(1846–48) for Princess Kochubey. In Peterhof he was responsible for the
Farm Palace The Farm Palace (russian: Фермерский дворец) is a pavilion in the Alexandria Park of Peterhof, close to the Cottage Palace and Gothic Chapel. It was later expanded into a summer residence for the family of Tsesarevich Alexand ...
(1838–55), the Belvedere Palace (1853–56), and numerous garden pavilions. Stakenschneider refurbished some rooms in the Winter Palace and applied the
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
idioms to the imperial palace in
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,
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(1842–52, burnt down 1882). File:Mariinsky Palace Saint Petersburg.jpg, Mariinsky Palace in Saint Petersburg File:DvorecTruda 29622.jpg,
Nicholas Palace Nicholas Palace (Russian: Николаевский дворец, ''Nikolayevsky dvorets'') was one of several St Petersburg palaces designed by Andreas Stackensneider (1802–65) for the children of Nicholas I of Russia. The palace of Grand Duke N ...
in Saint Petersburg File:Alferaki Palace 2008.jpg,
Alferaki Palace Alferaki Palace is a museum in Taganrog, Russia, originally the home of the wealthy merchant Nikolay Alferaki. It was built in 1848 by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider on ''Frunze Street'' (formerly ''Katolicheskaya''), in downtown Taganrog ...
in Taganrog File:Beloselskii.jpg,
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Beloselsky Belozersky Palace (Russian: Дворе́ц Белосе́льских-Белозе́рских; also known before the Revolution as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Sergei Palace, and the Dmitry Palace) is a N ...
in Saint Petersburg File:Keila-Joa loss.JPG, Keila-Joa manor in Estonia, Stackenschneider's first independent work File:2129. Петергоф. Императорский телеграф.jpg, Palace Telegraph Station, located in Alexandria Park, Peterhof


References

* Петрова Т.А. А. Штакеншнейдер. Л., 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stackenschneider, Andrei 1802 births 1865 deaths People from Gatchinsky District People from Saint Petersburg Governorate Russian and Soviet-German people 19th-century architects from the Russian Empire