Johann Gottfried Schaedel (german: Johann Gottfried Schädel) was a German

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

architect who worked in Russia and Ukraine. Schaedel was born in 1680 in Wandesbek,

Duchy of Holstein The Duchy of Holstein (german: Herzogtum Holstein, da, Hertugdømmet Holsten) was the northernmost state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It originated when King Christian I of Denmark had his ...

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(now part of

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). In 1713, Prince

Alexander Menshikov Alexander Menshikov may refer to: * Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman * Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́н� ...

paid him 400

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(384 rubles) to move to

Saint 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 ...

with his family. After Menshikov's fall from grace, Schaedel settled in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

where he worked in tandem with the Italian artist

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Emp ...

. In 1731, Schaedel accepted an invitation from the Archbishop of Kiev and moved to

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

where he designed the great belltowers of Kiev Pechersk Lavra and Sophia Cathedral, the

Klov Palace The Klov Palace ( uk, Кловський палац) is the seat of the Supreme Court of Ukraine in Kyiv. The building takes its name from Klov, a neighbourhood of Pechersk District. The Baroque residence was constructed between 1752 and 1756 wi ...

and other notable buildings which altered the city's skyline. Schaedel received no new commissions after 1744 and died in Kiev in poverty in 1752. In 1995, the Ukrainian film director Valentyn Sokolovsky created a documentary about Schaedel for the

National Television Company of Ukraine The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспіль� ...

Notable buildings

Menshikov Palace The Menshikov Palace (russian: Меншиковский дворец) is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island.It is not to be confused with the Menshiko ...

Great Lavra Bell Tower The Great Lavra Bell Tower or the Great Belfry ( uk, Велика Лаврська дзвіниця, russian: Большая Лаврская колокольня) is the main bell tower of the ancient cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in K ...

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Johann Gottfried Schädel
at Ukraine, the History of Great Nation. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schädel, Johann Gottfried 1680 births 1752 deaths People from Wandsbek German Baroque architects Russian Baroque architects Architects from the Russian Empire Ukrainian Baroque architects Architects from Hamburg