Aleksander Glebovich Uspensky ( December 12 [24], 1873 , St. Petersburg - March 26 [ April 8 ] 1907 , St. Petersburg ) - Russian architect, civil engineer. The author of the projects of temples, industrial buildings, residential buildings in St. Petersburg , Tosno , Tsarskoye Selo , Chudov .
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| A country |  Russian empire |
| Date of Birth | December 12 (24), 1873 |
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| Date of death | March 26 ( April 8 ) 1907 (33 years old) |
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| Work and Achievements | |
| Study | Institute of Civil Engineers |
| Worked in the cities | Saint Petersburg , Tsarskoye Selo , Tosno , Chudovo |
| Architectural style | pseudo-Russian and neo-Russian styles , modern |
| The most important buildings | Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo |
Biography
Born on December 12 [24], 1873, in the family of the writer Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky (1843-1902) and Alexandra Vasilyevna Baraeva-Uspenskaya (1845-1906) [1] . The sisters were Vera (1877-1942), in 1899-1908 the Socialist-Revolutionary wife B.V. Savinkov , and Maria (1879-1943), the wife of the architect S. S. Krichinsky . Brother - Boris (1886-1951). In the marriage with Maria Evgenievna Neuberg, the architect A. G. Uspensky had a son German, who died in childhood, until 1907
After graduating from a real school, Alexander Uspensky entered the Institute of Civil Engineers . During training, he often visited the library of the Academy of Arts . During geodesic practice he became interested in drawing. Since 1896, the future architect began to take part in the activities of the underground printing house in Lakhta . In this regard, after graduation in 1898 , he was exiled to the Chernigov province , where he continued to paint [2]
In his architectural design, Alexander Glebovich was a consistent supporter of Art Nouveau . Its main buildings were temples and utilitarian buildings of the military department. The architect's constant passion was English wooden architecture and the work of Charles Voysey . Ouspensky devoted several articles and public lectures to these questions.
He died on March 26 [ April 8 ], 1907 . On the same day, his wife committed suicide. He was buried on the Literary bridges of the Volkovsky Orthodox cemetery . The Russian press did not ignore this tragedy:
A few days ago, the son of the late Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky, civil engineer Alexander Glebovich Uspensky, was taken to the barracks exchange hospital for treatment. Doctors noted inflammation of the cecum in him. The venerable life-surgeon and the head physician of the Dombrowski hospital recognized the need for surgical intervention, and Alexander Glebovich Uspensky underwent surgery, but failed to save his life. He died in the prime of life, only a 25-year-old [3] young man.
His wife could not bear the blow inflicted on her by fate. She madly loved her husband and was confident in the successful outcome of the operation. Arriving home, Marya Uspenskaya locked herself in her room, took out her dead husband's revolver and committed suicide in a heart shot.
- Russian voice. 1907. March 27 [4]
Buildings
St. Petersburg
- City isolation house. Together with V. S. Martynovich. Street of Professor Ivashentsov , 5. 1903 - 1905 . It is preserved.
- Apartment building L.R. Schroeder. Together with M.F. Pereulochny and N.V. Vasiliev . Volodya Yermak Street , 2 / embankment of the Pryazhka River , 34.1904-1905.
- Church of the Archangel Michael of the Life Guards of the Moscow Regiment , Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Prospect , 61.1905 - 1906 . Rebuilt.
- Greenhouses and their services in the estate of merchants Eliseev . Together with N. A. Troitsky and L. L. Fufaevsky . 2nd Birch Alley , 13-17. 1906 - 1907 Partially preserved.
Red Village
- Summer wooden buildings for officers of the Life Guards of the Finland Regiment . He is the author of sketches of all furniture.
Peterhof
- Barracks of the 148th Caspian Infantry Regiment . Together with V.V. Bocharov. Lane Suvorovtsev, 4-6; Utah Bondarovskaya street, 21. 1901 - 1904 . Preserved.
- Church of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia the Decisive 148th Caspian Infantry Regiment (architect F.M. Verzhbitsky ). He was a member of the construction commission led by Major General P. P. Diaghilev [5] . 1900 - 1903
Tsarskoye Selo
- Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh Life Guards of the 2nd Tsarskoye Selo Rifle Battalion . Perestroika Forage Lane, 4. 1904 . It has been preserved.
Syabrenitsy ( Novgorod province )
- Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The construction of the temple (with changes in the design) was completed in 1912 after the death of the architect. 1902 - 1904
Notes
- ↑ Then the family lived on Troitsky Lane .
- ↑ Part of the drawings by A. G. Uspensky are stored in the house-museum of G. I. Uspensky in Syabrenitsa ; drafts with literary notes - at the Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg .
- ↑ So in the original.
- ↑ Russian old age
- ↑ The commission also included regiment commander Colonel Baron F. F. Taube , regimental battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel N. F. Antonovich, civil engineer V. V. Bocharov and clerk, staff captain M. N. Gimmelman. This project became typical for military churches, for example, in Termez ( Alexander Nevsky Church ), Kerki (Temple of Michael the Archangel of the 11th Turkestan Rifle Regiment ), Kushke (Nikolskaya of the 15th Turkestan Rifle Regiment), Osh (Osh Michael-Arkhangelsk Military local church), Novonikolaevsk (Intercession Church of the 44th Siberian Rifle Regiment), Zaysan (Nikolskaya Military Church), Troitskosavsk (Mikhailo-Arkhangelskaya 20th Siberian Rifle Regiment) and Spassk (military-local church).
Literature
- Alexander Glebovich Uspensky as an architect and artist // Bulletin of the Society of Civil Engineers. 1907. No. 4. P. 110—111.