Vasily Antonovich Kosyakov (russian: Василий Антонович Косяков; 1862– 5 September 1921) was a Russian Imperial
architect
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and a specialist of the Neo-Russian and
Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire
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. He was the author of the projects of , the
Church of Our Lady the Merciful, Saint Petersburg,
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt (russian: Морской Никольский собор, ''Morskoj Nikol'skij sobor'') is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy and dedicated ...
,
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Alexander III Harbour in
Libava (now
Karosta
Karosta is a former Russian Imperial and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, Latvia.
History
The naval base was originally constructed in 1890-1906 for Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and named По ...
, Liepaja), the
Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Saint Petersburg, and others.
He is buried at
Novodevichy Cemetery, in Saint Petersburg.
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Architects from the Russian Empire
Architects from Saint Petersburg
Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering alumni
1862 births
1921 deaths
Art Nouveau architects
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)