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This is a list of architects of Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list as well includes those, who was born in the  Russian Federation/ Soviet Union/ Russian Empire/Tsardom of Russia/Grand Duchy of Moscow but later emigrated, and those, who was born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a long time.

Attested biographies of architects in history of Russia date back to 1475, when Aristotile Fioravanti, a native of Bologna, arrived in Moscow to build the Dormition Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin. Foreign architects had a notable place in Russian and Soviet history, especially in the last quarter of 18th century (Charles Cameron, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Carlo Rossi and others) and in the first quarter of the 20th century (Mies van der Roe, Erich Mendelsohn, Ernst May and others). This list includes foreign architects whose primary, most tangible work materialized on Russian soil (i.e. Cameron, Rastrelli, Rossi) while short-term assignments by visiting architects (Mies van der Roe, Mendelsohn, May) are omitted.

For the full plain list of Russian inventors in Wikipedia, see Category:Russian architects.

See also: Russian architecture, List of Russian artists, List of Russian explorers, List of Russian inventors, List of Russian language writers, Russian culture

Alphabetical list

Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Aloisio da Milano (15th-16th cc.)  Italy Grand Duchy of Moscow architect, fortification engineer	The walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin along the Neglinnaya River, 1495; the stone chambers, which today constitute the first three floors of the Terem Palace 1499–1508; a moat (later dubbed the Alevizov moat in his honor) along the Kremlin wall on the side of the Red Square, 1508–16.	Troitskaya Tower	Terem Palace, 1797 Quarenghi's veduta
	Aloisio the New (15th-16th cc.)  Italy Grand Duchy of Moscow architect	Some sections of the Bakhchisaray palace, Crimea, before 1504; Archangel Cathedral, the burial place of Moscow's monarchs 1505-08; Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter in Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, Moscow, admittedly the earliest rotunda in Russia 1514-17.	Archangel Cathedral	Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter, Vysokopetrovsky Monastery

B

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Gavriil Baranovsky (1860-1920)  Russian Empire eclectics and Art Nouveau architect	Baltic Shipyard workshops (assistant to Ernest Gibert), St. Petersburg, 1880; Eliseyev Emporium, St. Petersburg, 1900-03; Buddhist Temple, St. Petersburg, 1909-15.	Eliseyev Emporium, St. Petersburg	Bhuddist datsan, St. Petersburg
	Petr Baranovsky (1892-1984)  Russian Empire  Soviet Union architect, preservationist, restorer	Credited with saving Saint Basil's Cathedral from destruction in the early 1930s, founding and managing the Kolomenskoye and Andrei Rublev museums, and developing modern restoration technologies; restored Golden Gate in Vladimir; restored Krutitsy Metochion in Moscow.	Restored Golden Gate, Vladimir	Restored Metropolitan's Chamber in Krutitsy, Moscow
	Vasili Bazhenov (1737-1799)  Russian Empire neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist and educator	Moscow's Tsaritsyno park buildings (first palace, Figurny Bridge, Opera House), 1775-86; Pashkov House in Moscow (attribution disputed), 1784—86.	Figurny Bridge in Tsaritsyno, Moscow	Pashkov House (Russian National Library), Moscow
	Leon Benois (1856-1928)  Russian Empire  Soviet Union (French descent) eclectical, neoclassical, Neo-Gothic and Russian Revival architect (son of Nicholas Benois)	Roman Catholic cathedral of Notre-Dame of Lourdes in St. Petersburg (together with Marian Peretyatkovich), 1903-09; Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw (later demolished), 1894—1912; The House of Benua in St. Petersburg (together with Albert Benois and Yuly Benois), 1911-14.	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw, (demolished)	The House of Benua, St. Petersburg
	Nicholas Benois (1813-1898)  Russian Empire (French descent) Gothic Revival architect (father of Leon Benois, Alexander Benois and Albert Benois)	A court architect to Nicholas I of Russia, he oversaw many projects in the imperial residence in Peterhof, notably the Principal Imperial Stables, 1847-52; rebuilt the fountain cascades of Peterhof; designed the number of the first railway stations in Russia, like in Strelna, Tsarskoe Selo, and New Peterhof (latter in 1857).	Chess mountain Cascade in Peterhof	New Peterhof railway station
	Alexander Bernadazzi (1831-1907
	Brothers Bernardacci, Johann (1782-1842) and Joseph (1788-1840
	Karl Blank (1728-1793
	Ilya Bondarenko (1867-1947
	Joseph Bové (1784-1834
	Vincenzo Brenna[1] (1745-1820
	Alexander Brullov (1798-1877)  Russian Empire (French descent) Neoclassical architect and painter (self-portrait)	Most of his works were created in St. Petersburg: Mikhaylovsky Theatre, 1831-33; Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1833-38; Pulkovo Observatory, 1834-39; the Headquarters of Guard Corps on Palace Square, 1837-43; Pompei Hall, the Malachite Room and the White Hall in Winter Palace (after 1837).	Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg	Malachite Room of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg

C

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Charles Cameron[2] (1743-1812)
	Francesco Camporesi[1] (1747-1831)[3]
	Alberto Cavos (1800-1863)  Russian Empire (Italian descent) neoclassical architect, theatre designer (the grandfather of Albert Benois, Leon Benois and Alexander Benois)	Rebuilt the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, 1826-36 (mostly demolished and replaced by Saint Petersburg Conservatory); the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, 1853–56; completed rebuilding of the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, 1859; the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, 1859–60.	Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in Cavos times	Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
	Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996)
	Yakov Chernikhov[4] (1889-1951
	Lev Chrśonowicz (1838-1907

D

E

F

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Yury Felten (1730-1801)  Russian Empire (German descent) baroque, neoclassical and Gothic Revival architect, engineer	A court architect to Catherine the Great, he created most of his works in St. Petersburg: a heavy-lifting machine that moved the enormous Thunder Stone rock, the pedestal of the Bronze Horseman, 1770; Chesme Church and Palace, 1770-80; iron-cast grille of the Summer Garden, 1783; granite embankments of Neva, 1764–84 the Old Hermitage wing of the Winter Palace, 1771-87.	Chesme Church, St. Petersburg	Cast-iron grille of the Summer Garden, St. Petersburg
	Aristotile Fioravanti (1415-1420 – c. 1486)  Italy Grand Duchy of Moscow Renaissance architect and engineer	Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, Italy, 1453; Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, 1475–79.	Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, Italy	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
	Ivan Fomin (1872-1936

G

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Domenico Gilardi (1785-1845
	Moisei Ginzburg[4] (1892-1946
	Ilya Golosov (1883-1945
	Panteleimon Golosov (1882-1945
	Afanasy Grigoriev (1782-1868
	Alexey Gornostaev (1808-1862)
	Fyodor Gornostaev (1867–1915
	David Grimm (1823-1898)  Russian Empire neo-Byzantine and Russian Revival style architect	Grimm designed numerous Orthodox churches in Western Europe, Jerusalem and Russian Empire : Church of Maria Magdalene in Jerusalem, 1885-88; Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Tbilisi, 1871-97 (demolished); Cathedral of Saint Vladimir in Chersonesos, 1858-97.	Church of Maria Magdalene in Jerusalem	Cathedral of Saint Vladimir in Chersonesos, Crimea

H

I

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Boris Iofan (1891–1976)  Russian Empire  Soviet Union constructivist and Stalin Empire style architect	House on Embankment, Moscow, 1928-31; 1931-33 winning draft of the Palace of Soviets (never built); Soviet Pavilions at 1937 World's Fair in Paris and 1939 World's Fair in New York; Baumanskaya station of Moscow Metro, 1944.	House on Embankment, Moscow	USSR pavilion at 1937 World's Fair in Paris
	Illarion Ivanov-Schitz (1865-1937

K

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Alexander Kaminsky (1829-1897
	Nodar Kancheli[5] (born 1946)
	Matvey Kazakov (1738-1812
	Lev Kekushev (1862-1919)[3]
	Vasily Kenel (1834-1893)
	Lev Khrshchonovich (1838-1907)
	Roman Klein (1858-1924
	Alexander Kokorinov (1726-1772
	Fyodor Kon (fl. 1585–1600) Tsardom of Russia fortification engineer and architect a monument in Smolensk Kremlin on photo	the walls and towers of Novospassky Monastery in Moscow and several other Russian monasteries; Bely Gorod fortification ring of Moscow, 1585–93 (in 18th-19th centuries replaced with the Boulevard Ring); Smolensk Kremlin, the largest one in Russia, 1597–1602.	Semiverhaya (Seven-tops) tower of Moscow's Bely Gorod	Smolensk Kremlin wall in 1912
	Konstantin Korovin[4] (1861-1939
	Ivan Kuznetsov (1867-1942
	Andrey Kvasov (1720–1770)[3]

L

M

N

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Nikolai Nikitin (1907-1973)  Russian Empire  Soviet Union structural designer and construction engineer	Invented a number of innovative techniques, including the usage of prestressed concrete with wire ropes; works include: Moscow State University, 240 m, 1949-53; Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, 237 m, 1952-55; Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, 1955-56; The Motherland Calls statue on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, 85 m, 1967; Ostankino Tower, 540 m, 1963-67; Nikitin-Travush 4000 project (4000 metres, precursor to X-Seed 4000)	85 metre The Motherland Calls statue, Volgograd	540 metre Ostankino Tower in Moscow
	Ivan Nikolaev (1901-1979

O

P

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Marian Peretyatkovich (1872-1916)
	Petrok Maly (? - c. 1539)  Italy Grand Duchy of Moscow	Credited as a possible architect of the Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye (an early tented roof church), 1528—32; Kitai-gorod wall and towers (now mostly dismantled), 1533-38; Sebezh Kremlin wall (now dismantled), 1539	Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, Moscow	Remaining part of the Kitai-gorod wall in Zaryadye, Moscow
	Alexander Pomerantsev (1849-1918)
	Anatoly Polyansky (1928-1993

Q

R

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Bartolomeo Rastrelli[1] (1700-1771)
	Ivan Rerberg (1869–1932
	Antonio Rinaldi[1] (1710-1794)[3]
	Ivan Ropet (1845–1908)
	Carlo Rossi[1] (1775-1849)
	Lev Rudnev (1885-1956)  Russian Empire  Soviet Union Stalin Empire style architect	Moscow State University (1949-1953); Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, (1952-1955); Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga, Latvia, (1953-1956).	240 metre Moscow State University main building	237 metre Warsaw Palace of Culture, Poland
	Marco Ruffo (15th century

S

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Fyodor Schechtel (1859-1926
	Vladimir Shchuko (1878-1939)
	Alexey Shchusev (1873-1949
	Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood (1832-1897
	Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (1867-1930
	Vladimir Shukhov[5] (1853-1939
	Pietro Antonio Solari (15th century)
	Ivan Starov (1745–1808
	Andrei Stackenschneider (1802-1865
	Vasily Stasov (1769–1848)
	Joseph Sunlight (1888-1978
	Pavel Suzor (1844-1919)  Russian Empire eclectics and Art Nouveau architect	Over 80 apartment, baths and corporate buildings in St. Petersburg, including: Ushakov House, 1882-83; First Mutual Credit Society House, 1888-90; Singer House, 1902-04;	Ushakov House, St. Petersburg	Singer House, St. Petersburg

T

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Vladimir Tatlin[4] (1885-1953
	Konstantin Thon (1794-1881
	Domenico Trezzini (1670-1734)  Switzerland Tsardom of Russia  Russian Empire (Swiss Italian) Petrine Baroque architect	Trezzini was the first chief architect of the newly founded Saint Petersburg; he designed the first general plan of St. Petersburg, as well as plans of Kronstadt (1704) and the Alexander Nevsky Monastery (1717), and supervised a number of major projects: Peter and Paul Fortress (since 1703), with the Peter and Paul Cathedral inside, 1712-33; Peter the Great's Summer Palace, 1710-11; Twelve Collegia Building (now the main building of Saint Petersburg University), 1722-36.	Summer Palace, St. Petersburg Twelve Collegia Building, St. Petersburg	122 metre Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg
	Zurab Tsereteli[8] (born 1934
	Yevgraph Tyurin (1793-1873

U

V

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Victor Vasnetsov[4] (1848-1926
	Alexander Vesnin (1883-1959)
	Leonid Vesnin (1880-1933
	Victor Vesnin (1882-1950
	Aleksandr Vitberg (1787-1855)
	Andrey Voronikhin (1759-1814)  Russian Empire neoclassical and Empire style architect and painter	neoclassical interiors of Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg, 1793; Voronikhin colonnades and Lion cascade in Peterhof; Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, 1801-11; Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, 1806-11.	Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg	Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
	Mikhail Vrubel[4] (1856-1910

Y

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Postnik Yakovlev (16th century) Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia tented-roof architect and fortification engineer	Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, 1555-60; with Ivan ShirIai designed the walls of the Kazan Kremlin and, according to some sources, the Cathedral of the Assumption in Kazan, 1561-62.	Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow	Kazan Kremlin wall
	Vasili Yermolin (15th century

Z

Portrait	Person	Notable works
	Andreyan Zakharov (1761-1811)
	Alexander Zelenko (1871-1953
	Mikhail Zemtsov (1688–1743) Tsardom of Russia  Russian Empire Petrine Baroque architect	participated in designing the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg and the park in Peterhof; completed the design of Kadriorg palace and park in Tallinn 1718-25; The Church of Simon and Annа, Saint Petersburg, 1734;	Kadriorg palace in Tallinn, Estonia	The Church of Simon and Annа, Saint Petersburg
	Nikolay Zherikhov (1870s-1916)[3]
	Ivan Zholtovsky (1867-1959)

References and notes

Sources

• Years of life of Moscow architects verified as in: Nachokina, Maria (2005) (in Russian). Arhitektory moskovskogo moderna ("Архитекторы московского модерна"). Moscow: Giraffe. ISBN 5-89832-043-1.  

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