Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikolayev (1847-1911) - Russian architect , academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts , public figure, one of the most prolific Kiev architects.
| Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikolaev | |
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| A country |  Russian empire |
| Date of Birth | February 19 ( March 3 ) 1847 |
| Place of Birth | Tsarskoye Selo |
| Date of death | November 11 (November 24 ) 1911 (64 years old) |
| Place of death | Kiev |
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| Worked in the cities | Kiev |
| Architectural style | "Byzantine", "Russian" |
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| Ranks | Academician of IAH (1892) [2] |
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Biography
He studied architecture at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1864-1870). He received medals from the Academy of Arts: a small silver (1870) for the "project of a country club" and a large incentive medal for "calculating the sustainability of the stone church . " He graduated from the course of sciences in 1870. Big silver medal (1871) for the "project of the concert hall" . The title of class artist of the 3rd degree (1891). The title of academician (1892). Supervised the strengthening of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev; built in Kiev: monuments to Nicholas I and Bogdan Khmelnitsky, as well as St. Nicholas Cathedral in the fence of the Intercession Women's Communal Monastery. One of the founders of the Kiev Art College and its director (since 1901). [2]
In Kiev, he was a city ( 1873 - 1887 ) and diocesan architect ( 1875 - 1898 ), an architect of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra ( 1893 - 1899 ), a vowel of the city council and a member of the city council. He served as chairman of the board of the Kiev Literary and Artistic Society and chairman of the architectural department of the Kiev branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society. One of the founders (in 1901 ) and the permanent director of the Kiev Art College .
For almost forty years of his activity in Kiev, the architect erected 18 churches, 3 monuments, 27 public buildings and hundreds of private houses.
Vladimir Nikolaev is the author of several publications on architecture, restoration, and architectural legislation. The son of Nikolaev Ippolit was a Kiev city architect in 1892 - 1917 , and his son Leonid became a pianist and teacher. He was buried at Askold's grave (the tombstone was not preserved).
Works
Civil Engineering
Among the most interesting works of V. N. Nikolaev:
- Merchant meeting with a beautiful concert hall ( 1882 ), which now houses the National Philharmonic of Ukraine ;
- the building of the city Credit Society (1897, not preserved);
- buildings of the Jewish Hospital ( 1884 - 1896 ), now part of the Kiev Regional Hospital;
- a hospital for laborers (1892-1894), now the Institute for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood (Okhmadet);
- Degteryevskaya almshouse complex (shelter) (1900-1902);
- National Hotel (1876, not preserved)
The mansions built by Nikolaev amaze with the decoration and splendor of the interior:
- the mansion of Fyodor Tereshchenko (1877-1884, together with Andrei Gun; now - the Kiev Museum of Russian Art );
- the mansion of Markus Zaitsev (1897);
- Liberman Mansion (1898; now - the building of the Union of Writers of Ukraine);
- Halperin's mansion (1899; now - the committee building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine);
- the mansion of Vasily Simirenko (1890s).
The most interesting works of Nikolaev in the genre of tenement houses include the National and Bel-vu hotels on Khreshchatyk (not preserved).
Religious buildings
The temples built by Nikolaev are considered the most valuable part of his heritage. In total, he built more than eighty of them in Kiev and the Kiev diocese.
Vladimir Nikolaev adhered to the "Byzantine" and "Russian" styles.
Examples of his works in the "Byzantine" style are the churches:
- The refectory church of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra ( 1893 - 1895 ),
- Ascension Church ( 1884 - 1888 ) at the Baykovsky cemetery,
- Sretenskaya church (not preserved),
- Vvedensky church ( 1880s , was destroyed, is now being recreated),
- St. Michael's Church in the Alexander Hospital (1893-1901, was destroyed, is now recreated),
- Annunciation Church ( 1885 - 1887 , not preserved),
- Alexander Nevsky Church ( 1888 - 1889 , not preserved).
In the "Russian style" sustained:
- complex of the Intercession Monastery ( 1896 - 1911 ),
- the chapel on Lukyanovka ( 1891 , not preserved).
Illustrations
The most famous surviving creations
Temples
Ascension Church at Baikoe Cemetery , 1884β88
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Berestechko , 1910
Mansions
The mansion of Fyodor Tereshchenko (today - a museum of Russian art ), 1877β84
Halperin's mansion (today - the building of the committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine), 1899
Liberman Mansion (today - the building of the Union of Writers of Ukraine , 1898
Other famous buildings
The building of the Merchants' Assembly (today - the National Philharmonic ), 1882
Monuments
Monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky in Kiev , 1888
Monument to M.I. Glinka in Kiev , 1904
Ruined creations of Vladimir Nikolaev
Temples
Annunciation Church , 1885β87
Sretensky church
Church of Alexander Nevsky , 1888β89
Chapel in honor of the salvation of Alexander III , 1891
Civil Buildings
The building of the hotel "National"
The building of the Kiev Credit Society, 1894
Notes
- β Currently, the Theater. Lesia Ukrainka
- β 1 2 List of Russian artists for the anniversary directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 365.
Literature
- Vinogradova M., Kalnitsky M., Malakov D., Puchkov A., Chervinsky O. GolovnΡ and Moscow archives of Kiev. 1799-1999. - Kyiv: view of NDΠTIAM - GolovkiΡvarchitektura, 1999.
- Kalnitsky M. Architecture and architects. - Kiev: WARTO, 2012.
- Ribakov M. O. NevidΡ m malovΡdomΡ storinki istorΡΡ Kiev. - Kyiv: βCueβ, 1997.
- Kiev. Historical encyclopedia. From the found hours until 1917 to fate.
- S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914 . - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2 (Biographical part). - S. 365 .-- 459 p.
Links
- Nikolaev, Vladimir Nikolaevich (Russian)