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Andrey Voronikhin

1759 - 1814

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Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin (Russian: Андрей Никифорович Воронихин; 28 October 1759, Novoe Usolye, Perm Oblast – 21 February 1814, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian architect and painter. As a representative of classicism he was also one of the founders of the monumental Russian Empire style. Born a serf of the Stroganov family, he is best known for his work on Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Andrey Voronikhin was born in the village of Novoa Usolye (now Perm Krai) to a family who were the serfs of count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, a longtime President of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrey Voronikhin is the 419th most popular architect (down from 399th in 2019), the 1,778th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,690th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Andrey Voronikhin ranks 419 out of 518. Before him are Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, Jan Wils, Dankmar Adler, Edward Blore, Michel de Klerk, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe. After him are Kaare Klint, Frederick Catherwood, Enric Miralles, Ventura Rodríguez, Hermann Bollé, and Momik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Andrey Voronikhin ranks 40. Before him are Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Josepha Weber, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, August Wilhelm Iffland, Cornelio Saavedra, and William Kirby. After him are Carl Frederik von Breda, Thomas Andrew Knight, and Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1814, Andrey Voronikhin ranks 31. Before him are Évariste de Parny, Charles Burney, Jean Reynier, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert Treat Paine, and August Wilhelm Iffland. After him are Joseph Bramah, Nicholas Gilman, Mercy Otis Warren, and Benjamin Williams.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrey Voronikhin ranks 1,778 out of 3,761. Before him are Paul von Plehwe (1850), Vladimir Bortko (1946), Boris Ponomarev (1905), Mariya Dolina (1922), Vassily Maximov (1844), and Nikolay Kasatkin (1859). After him are Cyril Toumanoff (1913), Klara Guseva (1937), Mark Midler (1931), Natalya Arinbasarova (1946), Tatyana Vasilyeva (1947), and Nikolay Drozdov (1937).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Russia

Among architects born in Russia, Andrey Voronikhin ranks 8. Before him are Alexander Tamanian (1878), Lev Rudnev (1885), Konstantin Melnikov (1890), Konstantin Thon (1794), Joseph Bové (1784), and Vasily Stasov (1769). After him are Matvey Kazakov (1738), Leon Benois (1856), Vasily Bazhenov (1737), Nikolay Lvov (1753), Alexander Kokorinov (1726), and Max Taut (1884).

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