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building, erected by his firm, collapsed. Kaminsky was found guilty of criminal negligence and sentenced to six weeks of arrest. Professional agony dragged for another five years. Saving his reputation, Kaminsky founded and edited a magazine
541: 503:, 1890–1892 // Art Journal of Russian Architects and Engineers, 1890–1892, ed. by Alexander Kaminsky and A. A. Netyksa. Reprinted electronically in 2004 by Russian Public Historical library. 291:, 1890–1892), promoting his own works; he ultimately failed to return into the business, lost the job with Merchant Society in 1893 and died in 1897. His last work, a church in 536: 413: 256: 471: 249: 272: 240:
Since 1867, Kaminsky was also a house architect for Moscow Merchant Society, an ambitious real estate consortium that redeveloped territories of
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and suburbs. One of the most successful and prolific architects of the 1860s–1880s, Kaminsky was a faithful
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In 1857, Kaminsky won a state-paid postgraduate tour of Europe, and travelled extensively until 1861. In
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Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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and training its graduates within his firm (his alumni include
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Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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For about thirty years, Kaminsky was teaching at the
182:architecture. He is best remembered for the extant 508: 278:Architect's career was cut short in 1888 when a 537:19th-century architects from the Russian Empire 158:, sometimes spelled Kamensky, КамСнский) was a 206:. In 1848–1857 he studied architecture under 54: 202:Kaminsky was born in a noble family in 509: 186:shopping arcade and the cathedral of 522:Russian people of Ukrainian descent 13: 419:Exhibition pavilion (completed by 14: 558: 298: 478: 463: 448: 436: 412: 400: 388: 376: 353: 338: 323: 311: 547:Imperial Academy of Arts alumni 220:Cathedral of Christ the Saviour 156:АлСксандр Π‘Ρ‚Π΅ΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‡ Каминский 148:Alexander Stepanovich Kaminsky 1: 490: 21:Eastern Slavic naming customs 532:People from Kiev Governorate 197: 7: 10: 563: 19:In this name that follows 18: 500: 295:, was completed in 1903. 288: 155: 141: 130: 119: 111: 107: 99: 91: 77: 69: 53: 46: 212:Imperial Academy of Arts 362:Bolshaya Ordynka Street 318:Nikolo-Ugresh Cathedral 188:Nikolo-Ugresh monastery 125:Nikolo-Ugresh monastery 443:Royal pavilion, Moscow 395:Royal pavilion, Moscow 170:, equally skilled in 162:architect working in 184:Tretyakovsky Proyezd 135:Tretyakovsky Proyezd 345:Tretyakov's house, 192:town of Dzerzhinsky 180:Renaissance Revival 48:Alexander Kaminsky 457:Donskoy monastery 246:Neglinnaya Street 145: 144: 81:December 17, 1897 73:December 10, 1829 16:Russian architect 554: 502: 485:Furniture design 482: 472:Yelets Cathedral 467: 452: 440: 416: 404: 392: 380: 357: 342: 327: 315: 290: 261:Fyodor Schechtel 216:Saint Petersburg 204:Kiev Governorate 157: 62:Vasily Khudyakov 58: 44: 43: 562: 561: 557: 556: 555: 553: 552: 551: 507: 506: 493: 486: 483: 474: 468: 459: 453: 444: 441: 424: 421:Ilya Bondarenko 417: 408: 405: 396: 393: 384: 381: 364: 358: 349: 347:Gogol Boulevard 343: 334: 328: 319: 316: 301: 269:Ilya Bondarenko 235:Pavel Tretyakov 208:Konstantin Thon 200: 190:in present-day 172:Russian Revival 87: 82: 65: 49: 42: 17: 12: 11: 5: 560: 550: 549: 544: 539: 534: 529: 524: 519: 505: 504: 492: 489: 488: 487: 484: 477: 475: 469: 462: 460: 454: 447: 445: 442: 435: 426: 425: 418: 411: 409: 407:Royal pavilion 406: 399: 397: 394: 387: 385: 382: 375: 366: 365: 359: 352: 350: 344: 337: 335: 329: 322: 320: 317: 310: 300: 299:Selected works 297: 280:Kuznetsky Most 250:Ilyinka Street 199: 196: 143: 142: 139: 138: 132: 128: 127: 121: 117: 116: 113: 109: 108: 105: 104: 101: 97: 96: 93: 89: 88: 83: 79: 75: 74: 71: 67: 66: 59: 51: 50: 47: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 559: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 533: 530: 528: 525: 523: 520: 518: 515: 514: 512: 498: 495: 494: 481: 476: 473: 466: 461: 458: 455:Iconostasis, 451: 446: 439: 434: 433: 432: 430: 422: 415: 410: 403: 398: 391: 386: 383:Mamonov house 379: 374: 373: 372: 370: 363: 356: 351: 348: 341: 336: 333: 326: 321: 314: 309: 308: 307: 305: 296: 294: 286: 281: 276: 274: 273:Max Hoeppener 270: 266: 262: 258: 253: 251: 247: 243: 238: 236: 232: 227: 225: 221: 217: 213: 209: 205: 195: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 153: 149: 140: 136: 133: 129: 126: 123:Cathedral of 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 80: 76: 72: 68: 63: 57: 52: 45: 40: 39: 34: 31: and the 30: 26: 22: 428: 427: 368: 367: 330:Exchange in 303: 302: 277: 265:Ivan Mashkov 254: 239: 228: 201: 150:(1829–1897, 147: 146: 60:Portrait by 36: 28: 527:1897 deaths 517:1829 births 332:Kitai-gorod 242:Kitai-Gorod 168:eclecticist 92:Nationality 33:family name 29:Stepanovich 511:Categories 491:References 176:Neo-Gothic 100:Occupation 25:patronymic 470:Gates of 429:Interiors 369:Destroyed 360:College, 233:, he met 198:Biography 120:Buildings 103:Architect 131:Projects 115:Own firm 112:Practice 38:Kaminsky 497:Russian 285:Russian 210:at the 160:Russian 152:Russian 137:arcades 95:Russian 304:Extant 224:Moscow 164:Moscow 85:Moscow 64:(1850) 23:, the 293:Sarov 231:Paris 178:and 78:Died 70:Born 275:). 222:in 214:in 35:is 27:is 513:: 499:: 431:: 371:: 306:: 287:: 271:, 267:, 263:, 244:, 194:. 174:, 154:: 423:) 283:( 41:.

Index

Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic
family name
Kaminsky

Vasily Khudyakov
Moscow
Nikolo-Ugresh monastery
Tretyakovsky Proyezd
Russian
Russian
Moscow
eclecticist
Russian Revival
Neo-Gothic
Renaissance Revival
Tretyakovsky Proyezd
Nikolo-Ugresh monastery
town of Dzerzhinsky
Kiev Governorate
Konstantin Thon
Imperial Academy of Arts
Saint Petersburg
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Moscow
Paris
Pavel Tretyakov
Kitai-Gorod
Neglinnaya Street
Ilyinka Street

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