Shtukenberg, Anton Ivanovich

Born on August 15, 1816 in Vyshny Volochyok , was the son of a famous engineer and hydrograph I.F. Shtukenberg . ^[1] In 1836 he graduated from the Institute of Railway Engineers with the rank of lieutenant .

In 1836 - 1840 he served in Eastern Siberia, explored routes in the Transbaikal Mountains, traced the Circum-Baikal Railway . There he became closely acquainted with the Decembrists, he was friendly with many to one degree or another, when N. A. Bestuzhev died, on May 15, 1855, A. I. Shtukenberg wrote about him as a friend:

And again, while in Russia such people will languish in the dark unknown, surrounded either by fortress walls or the desert, and move the untalented everyone, not go to her, darling, forward, but just sit there ... waiting for God to give legs ^[2]

In addition, he recorded the stories of the Decembrist A. I. Yakubovich about the duel with Griboedov . ^[3]

In 1840, upon returning from a business trip, he immediately received a new assignment: to participate in the work to correct the Visher Canal of the Vyshnevolotsky water system ^[1] .

In 1842-1849 he investigated the direction and built part of the Nikolaev railway - from Vyshny Volochek station to Kalashnikovo station. After its opening, he controlled traffic from Okulovskaya to Spirovskaya station (the city of Tver) .

In 1855-1857, by order of the chief manager of communications, he was sent to the Crimea to arrange military railways, after which in 1857-1853 he served in St. Petersburg as the head of the department of the 1st district of communications, during this period (in 1859) according to his project Kamennoostrovsky bridge was rebuilt: arched structures were replaced by beam, strut systems.

In 1863-1865 he was in Moscow as the head of the III district.

In 1865-1887 he was a member of the Technical and Construction Committee at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and since 1873 a senior technician at the St. Petersburg city government. In this position, he took an active part in the work of the commission on the construction of a permanent bridge named after Emperor Alexander II (Liteiny) across the Neva River .

In 1873, he was also appointed a senior technician at the St. Petersburg City Council, combining these positions until his death. He built the Big Krestovsky bridge and made some other city buildings.

The death of A.I. Shtukenberg occurred on March 7, 1887 in St. Petersburg, 71 years from birth. He is buried in the Volkovsky Lutheran cemetery, the Shtukenberg family plot, Baronskaya road, section 23. ^[4]

• Shtukenberg, Anton Antonovich - Russian geologist and local historian.
• Shtukenberg, Alexander Antonovich - Russian geologist and paleontologist, real state adviser.
• Shtukenberg, Evgeny Antonovich - city architect of Nikolaev .

He translated and published the works of his father:

• SPb., 1857-1860 "Statistical Works of Ivan Feodorovich Stukenberg";
• Petersburg Vedomosti, 1857, No. 52, the same Magazine of the Ministry of Public Education, 1857, part of XCIX, and separately, St. Petersburg, 1857 Ivan Feodorovich Shtukenberg and his writings;

The works of A.I. Shtukenberg:

• SPb., 1857 "Practical notes on the construction part" (with drawings).
• The Circum-Baikal Road (Journal of the Main Directorate of Communications, 1859, volumes XXVII and XXIX).
• " Osip Ivanovich Koritsky " (biography, ib., 1861, volume XXXIII, No. 1).
• "Biography of Ivan Feodorovich Stukenberg" (ib., 1861, volume XXXV).
• “St. Petersburg in the Construction Relations” (ib., 1862, volume XXXVII, book 4).
• “On the Breeding of Cotton Paper in the Transcaucasian Territory in Russia” (“Northern Bee”, 1862, No. 174; the same “Son of the Fatherland”, 1862, No. 197).
• “On the means for building railways in Russia” (“Northern Bee” 1862; the same “Spectator”, 1863, No. 1).
• “Review of the book of Count de Rochefort : Building Technology and Architecture of Civil Buildings” (“Activity”, 1869, No. 43).
• “Water supply systems with facilities belonging to them” (St. Petersburg, 1871, 2 issues; 2nd edition, St. Petersburg, 1878, in 1 volume, with drawings).
• “Barometric height measurement and leveling with a metal spring barometer” (St. Petersburg, 1873).
• "Pneumatic sewage, or the removal of domestic sewage from cities through cast-iron pipes by atmospheric pressure using St. Petersburg" (1874).
• "The device for heating and ventilation (ventilation) of residential chambers and public spaces in buildings of all kinds" (St. Petersburg, 1874, issue I).
• "Pneumatic sewage" (supplement to the book published in 1874, St. Petersburg, 1875).

In addition to scientific works, Stukenberg also wrote fiction:

• A collection of poems "Autumn Leaves" (St. Petersburg, 1866), published under the pseudonym of A. Krutogorov (see the album "Familiar" by M. I. Semevsky, p. 214).
• After death were published:
  • Three poems: “Life and the Sea”, “Flowers” ​​and “Message to M. I. Semevsky” (“Acquaintances”, album of M. I. Semevsky, St. Petersburg, 1888, pp. 214-216).
  • "Memoirs", which he led since 1836 ^{[ specify ]} .

• Shtukenberg, Anton Ivanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

• Creative traditions of the Stukenbergs