Andrey Melensky

Andrey Ivanovich Melensky (Russian: Андрей Иванович Меленский; 1766–1833) was a Neoclassical architect from Moscow^[1] who was appointed the city architect of Kyiv in 1799 and held the post for some thirty years.

Melensky began his career as an assistant to Matvey Kazakov, Vasily Bazhenov, and Giacomo Quarenghi^[2] and was involved in the construction of the Catherine Palace on the Yauza River. He was put in charge of the reconstruction of Podil after the great 1811 fire and succeeded in remodeling the district in a provincial Palladian style. Melensky was the first architect to be given the position of City Architect of Kyiv.^[2]

Major commissions[]

Contracts House
Askold Grave Church
Resurrection Church at the Florivsky Convent
Reconstruction of the Podil Gostiny Dvor
Old building of the city theatre
Old House of Nobility

Magdeburg Rights Column
Nativity Church
Askold's Grave Church
The Contract House
Gostiny Dvor

References[]

^ М. М. Жербин. Украинские и зарубежные строители: краткий биографический справочник. Киевский нац. университет строительства и архитектуры, 2001. Стр. 78.
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[1] М. М. Жербин. Украинские и зарубежные строители: краткий биографический справочник. Киевский нац. университет строительства и архитектуры, 2001. Стр. 78.

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