Vasily Alexandrovich Kenel (, 1834–1893) was a Russian Empire architect.

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He studied in the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, where

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was his teacher. In 1860 he was sent by the academy abroad as a pensioner for 4 years, where he worked at capturing images from nature and the figures found at the

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ruins. For the foreign works he was honored with the title of

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. From 1875 Kenel was the architect of the Academy of Fine Arts for 15 years; during this time he erected several large buildings with workshops. At

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 ...

he built the

Ciniselli Circus Circus Ciniselli (Russian: ''Цирк Чинизелли'') was the first brick-built circus in Russia; it is situated beside the Fontanka in Saint Petersburg. The building, which still stands, was opened on 26 December 1877, with a large stage (1 ...

and many houses. In the declining years of his life Kenel was the personal architect of

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Gra ...

, for whom he built many buildings and redesigned his palace in Saint Petersburg. He was made an Honorable free member (''obshchnik'') of the Academy of Fine Arts. Architects from the Russian Empire 1834 births 1893 deaths 19th-century architects from the Russian Empire Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery {{Russia-architect-stub