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  • Auguste de Montferrand

    French architect, draughtsman. Born in the village of Chaillot (now part of Paris) in France (1786). Served in Napoleon’s Grande Armée. Studied architecture in Paris. Moved to St Petersburg (1816). C...

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  • Konstantin Thon

    Architect, founder of the Russo-Byzantine style. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a German jeweller called Andreas Thon (1794). Designed private houses and churches in and around St Petersburg ...

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  • Vasily Stasov

    Architect, full state councillor. Born in the family of Pyotr Stasov and Anna Priklonskaya (1769). Studied at Moscow University. Joined the Moscow Police Office (1783). Helped to decorate Moscow duri...

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  • Nicolas Benois

    Architect. Born in St Petersburg to French émigré and imperial pastry-chef Louis-Jules-César-Auguste Benois (1770–1822) and imperial midwife Anna-Katharina Groppe (1777–1835) with Dowager Empress Mar...

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