Giber, Ernest Ivanovich

Born in Paris in 1823. He was already 10 years old when his father went to the Russian service and moved with his family to Petersburg. Before arriving in Russia, Ernest Ivanovich did not know Russian ^[1] .

In St. Petersburg, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1842). During his studies, he received awards from the Academy of Arts: small and large silver medals (1846), small gold (1847) for the “project of the fair” . The title of the class artist (1846). He was awarded a large gold medal (1849) for the project "Exchange" and at the same time the title of class artist of the 1st degree. ^[2]

From June 1, 1849, he worked as chief assistant of the architect R. I. Kuzmin on the restructuring of the palace in Gatchina and the construction of the cathedral. In July 1852, he was accepted by the drawing architect to the Department of Projects and Estimates of the General Directorate of Communications and Public Buildings with the rank of a titular adviser. ^[3] Upon completion of work in Gatchina in October 1852, Giber was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the third degree and an annual salary of 750 rubles in silver. ^[four]

In 1858, Giber began teaching at the School of Civil Engineering ( Institute of Civil Engineers ), where he continued to work until 1903. In 1859, for the project of the building of the Medical-Surgical Academy, he was awarded the title of professor of architecture.

A member of the building committees of the Ministry of the Interior, the imperial court.

From 1879 to 1887, Gibert was the chief architect of the Office of Institutions of the Empress Maria , in the 1880s - the architect of the main palace administration. Chairman of the Committee, consisting of the 4th Office of the Immediate Office . From 1883 to 1909 he was chairman of the St. Petersburg Society of Architects .

In the second half of the XIX century, he actually led the construction of the empire. Giber was also the editor of the Russian magazine for architects "Architect" ^[5] .

In 1896 he was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky . Since 1897 - Honorary Member of the Academy of Arts.

Throughout his life, Ernest Ivanovich traveled extensively in the European part of the Russian Empire, many of his trips were connected with his professional activities. In 1873, he visited the World Exhibition in Vienna . He was interested in Old Russian architecture, Russian and Byzantine styles, which influenced his work and was especially expressed in the temples he designed in Samara and Zhytomyr .

He died in 1909. He was buried at the Smolensk Lutheran cemetery in St. Petersburg ^[6] .

Family

He married Olga Fegin (1838–1900), from whom he had three sons and a daughter, Olga. Ernest Ivanovich's sons also became engineers:

• Georgy-Heinrich-Vladimir Ernestovich (18.1.1872—?) Became a military engineer, rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Russian army, and after 1917 participated in the White movement . He was married to the daughter of the St. Petersburg mayor, P. I. Lelyanov , and after her death, to Julia-Ottilia-Amalia Sievers.
• Evgeny Ernestovich Giber graduated from St. Petersburg University, civil engineer, lawyer, became the husband of the poetess Mirra Lokhvitskaya
• Alexander Ernestovich Gibert became a railway engineer, designed a railway bridge in Riga , and received the rank of State Councilor .

• Anichkov Palace (interior decoration 1865–1867)
• Samara Cathedral (not preserved)
• Savior Transfiguration Cathedral (Zhytomyr) . Together with K. K. Rakhau and V. G. Shalamov.
• The complex of buildings of the chemical laboratory (Petersburg, Izmaylovsky pr. 27)
• The complex of buildings of the Expedition of the preparation of state papers (Petersburg, Fontanka, 144)
• Dutfua House (three-storied with outbuildings) (Petersburg, Izmailovsky Ave., 19 (1881)
• Utin House (Petersburg, Konnogvardeysky Boulevard. Together with R. I. Kuzmin )
• Monument-bust of Peter I in front of the House of Peter I (1875, after the model of sculptor Nicolas-Francois Gillet , 1760).
• Two corps of the imperial barracks (1857) ( Riga Avenue (St. Petersburg) , together with K. Ya. Mayevsky ).
• The Kazan Church (1848–1849) and the Church in the name of the Mother of God of All Who Sorrow for Joy (1855–56) in the Novodevichy Convent (both have not been preserved).
• the church of St. Methodius of Patara and the children's shelter of M. M. Molchanov (1875–1877, not preserved);
• building of a shelter for chronically sick children (1898, St. Petersburg, Novorossiyskaya St. 1 - Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Prospect , 107).
• Workshop buildings at the Baltic Shipyard. Petersburg, 1880 (jointly with G. V. Baranovsky and A. P. Novitsky)
• the project of the buildings of the Imperial Siberian University in Tomsk (not implemented) ^[7] and the stone memorial chapel "above the holy key" in the University grove .
• Orthodox Church. Mogilyov 1869
• Cathedral in the city of Tarascha, Kiev province. 1869
• Rural church in the village Teremtsy Podolsk province . 1896
• Cathedral in the city of Dubna, Volyn province . 1871
• Cathedral in the town of Kovel, Volyn province. 1872
• Orthodox Church in Pereyaslavl, Poltava province. 1872
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary (with G. F. Schreiber) in Yalta . 1897 ^{[ clarify ]} (Yalta, St. Chekhov, 10).

• Anniversary of E. I. Gibert // The Builder. SPb. ., 1898, p. 896-899;
• Kondakov S. N. The jubilee reference book of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1764-1914). - SPb. Academy of Arts. - 1914, pages 329–330;
• Ernest Ivanovich Giber (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his official work // Zodchy. - SPb. , 1902. - No. 30. - P. 335—336 .
• Obituary // Architect. 1909, No. 8. The Builder. 1896. No. 10-12. Stlb 513. The Architect, 1902. - p. 353; The architect, 1879. - p. 97.
• The architect, 1873. - p. 133; NA. - 1882. - p. 288. NA. 81, 25.
• Kostylev R.P. Petersburg Architectural Styles: (XVIII - early XX century) / R. P. Kostylev, G.F. Perestoronin. - SPb .: Parity, 2002. - 253 pp., Ill.
• Three centuries of St. Petersburg: an encyclopedia in 3 volumes. - SPb .: Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University . - The second volume in 8 books (Nineteenth century: I-I).
• Chesnokova A.N. Foreigners and their descendants in Petersburg: Germans. French people. British. 1703—1917: local history essays / A. N. Chesnokova. - SPb .: Satis, 2003. - 335 pp., Ill. - Bibliogr. in the notes.
• Alexander Bertash. Giber // Orthodox encyclopedia . - M .: Church Research Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2008. - T. XIX. - p. 164-166. - 752 s. - 39 000 copies - ISBN 978-5-89572-034-9 .
• S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary reference book of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914 . - SPb .: Partnership R.Golike and A.Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2. - p. 329-330. - 454 s.

• From the history of Anichkov Palace> Palace Architects> Zhiber E. I.
• Directory of scientific societies in Russia
• Excerpt from the biography of E. I. Ziber
• O.V. Petrova. Album of drawings and drawings by architect E. I. Ziber from the collection of the Gatchina Palace.
• Zalesov V. G. Architects of Tomsk (XIX - early XX century). Giber Ernest Ivanovich