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THE CLASSICAL MODELS BROUGHT BY EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ST PETERSBURG AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW AFTER THE GREAT FIRE OF 1812
(STEF92 Technology, 2017, D. Shvidkovsky, G. Yesoulov)
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The paper determines features of the Empire style in Russia before and after the Great fire of Moscow of 1812 during the war with Napoleon I. The Russian Empire style has generally three branches: Moscow, St Petersburg and provincial one with their specific features. The Imperial power established an elaborated system of model designs (more then a 1000 made by a team of architects of different nationalities) for a detailed typology of civil, military and private buildings and town planning elements made by the dec...
ART & HUMANITIES: Section History of Art2017