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Vasily Bazhenov

1737 - 1799

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Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Баже́нов; 12 March [O.S. 1 March] 1737 or 1738 – 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1799) was a Russian neoclassical architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist and educator. Bazhenov and his associates Matvey Kazakov and Ivan Starov were the leading local architects of the Russian Enlightenment, a period dominated by foreign architects (Charles Cameron, Giacomo Quarenghi, Antonio Rinaldi and others). According to Dmitry Shvidkovsky, in the 1770s, Bazhenov became the first Russian architect to create a national architectural language since the 17th-century tradition interrupted by Peter the Great. Bazhenov's early success was followed by a tragic professional and private life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Bazhenov is the 445th most popular architect (down from 403rd in 2019), the 1,922nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,707th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 445 out of 518. Before him are Matvey Kazakov, Károly Kós, Jan Kotěra, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Leon Benois, and Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. After him are Johann Friedrich Höger, Charles Robert Cockerell, Paolo Portoghesi, Julia Morgan, Kolyu Ficheto, and Nikolay Lvov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 29. Before him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Iosif Igelström, Suzanne Curchod, Maria Caterina Brignole, Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Alexander Dalrymple. After him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, Arthur St. Clair, John Hunter, Francis Hopkinson, and Charles Hutton. Among people deceased in 1799, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 37. Before him are Johann Julius Walbaum, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, William Withering, Francesco Mario Pagano, Alexander Bezborodko, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. After him is William Paca.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 1,922 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Kalyagin (1942), Ramazan Abdulatipov (1946), Lev Alburt (1945), Nikolai Panin (1872), Natalia Molchanova (1962), and Konstantin Yuon (1875). After him are Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Nikolay Milyutin (1818), Eugen Walaschek (1917), Daniil Medvedev (1996), Tatyana Baramzina (1919), and Max Jakobson (1923).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Russia

Among architects born in Russia, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 11. Before him are Konstantin Thon (1794), Joseph Bové (1784), Vasily Stasov (1769), Andrey Voronikhin (1759), Matvey Kazakov (1738), and Leon Benois (1856). After him are Nikolay Lvov (1753), Alexander Kokorinov (1726), Max Taut (1884), Mikhail Zemtsov (1688), Ivan Fomin (1872), and Einari Teräsvirta (1914).

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