Vasily Antonovich Kosyakov (russian: Василий Антонович Косяков; 1862– 5 September 1921) was a Russian Imperial

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and a specialist of the Neo-Russian and

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. He was the author of the projects of , the

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, Saint Petersburg,

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, St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Alexander III Harbour in Libava (now

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, Liepaja), the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Saint Petersburg, and others. He is buried at

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, in Saint Petersburg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosyakov, Vasily 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)