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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Moskovskaya Street/Pushkin, town, house 53 hidden Danini S.A. (1867-1942), architect. | |
DANINI Silvio Amvrosievich (1867-1942, Leningrad), architect. Descendent of an Italian family. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1886, graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892 ... | | DANINI Silvio Amvrosievich (1867-1942, Leningrad), architect. Descendent of an Italian family. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1886, graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892. From 1896, he was the architect of the palace administration of Tsarskoe Selo. From 1911, he was architect of the imperial court. His buildings in Tsarskoye Selo are typical for Neo-Romantic trend of the modernist style with stylized motives of medieval architecture, such as the Palace electric power station (9, 11 Malaya Street, 1896), mansions of A.V. Kokorev (53, 55 Moskovskaya Street, 1901-04) and of V.V. Gudovich (18 Parkovaya Street, 1905), the emperor's stables (4 Akademichesky Avenue, 1906-07), Drozhzhina Orphanage (14 Pavlovskoe Highway, 1907-11) etc. In 1900s, Danini decorated a number of interiors of Alexandrovsky Palace, he built and reconstructed park structures, expanded a complex of the Court Hospital (7 Gospitalnaya Street, 1908-14). His main works in St. Petersburg were: the apartment building of A. Y. Tami and S.M. Deutschman (currently, 20 Pravdy Street, 1903-04), the early Art Nouveau; the real school and gymnasium of G.K. Stemberg (10 Zvenigorodskaya Street, 1912-13), an example of Neoclassicism. He is buried at Volkovskoe Lutheran Cemetery. References: Бертаццони В. Судьба мантуанского рода Данини в России. СПб., 1996. Б. М. Кириков.
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1 January. In the Alexander Palace Nicholas II wrote in his diary: " Bless, God, the year that came. Give to Russia the victory in the current war, lasting peace and quiet existence!" I.F. Annensky, under the pseudonym of "Nik ... | | 1 January. In the Alexander Palace Nicholas II wrote in his diary: " Bless, God, the year that came. Give to Russia the victory in the current war, lasting peace and quiet existence!" I.F. Annensky, under the pseudonym of "Nik. T-o", published the only collection of poems, occuring during his lifetime, with the title "The Quiet Songs". The book was published in the printing house of Mitrofanov, the Tsarskoye Selo merchant. 8 September. In Saint Petersburg the Woman Agriculture Course, that was called "Stebutovskiye" after the name of its founder I.A. Stebut, was opened and later it became the primogenitor of the Saint Petersburg Agrarian University. The mansion of A.V. Kokorev, the wine merchant and patron of arts, was constructed in the Modern style by the architect S.А. Danini in Moskovskaya Street ( its present address is hose no. 53). 5 October. The Tsarskoye Selo Woman Gymnasium of the Public Education Ministry was founded on the basis of the Private College of М.А. Nikitina . First it was placed at the corner of Konyushennaya Street and Magazeinaya Street. 19 November. The new church, the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Regiment Church of the 2nd Life -Guard Rifle Regiment, was consecrated in the presence of the Emperor. Architect A.G. Uspensy was the author of the desin of the church and S.V. Chekhonin was the author of the wall paintings. The Demidov- Shelkovsky almshouse, named after philanthropists, was opened in Nizhny Boulevard (16 October Boulevard) in the building designed by S.A. Danini 31 December. The funeral service for the soldiers perished in Port-Artur was performed in the Cathedral of St. Sophia in the presence of Nicholas II.
Persons Annensky Innokenty Fedorovich Chekhonin Sergey Vasilievich Danini Silvio Amvrosievich Nicholas II, Emperor Stebut Ivan Alexandrovich Uspensky Alexander Glebovich
Addresses Konyushennaya Street/Pushkin, town Magazeinaya Street/Pushkin, town Moskovskaya Street/Pushkin, town, house 53 Oktyabrsky Boulevard/Pushkin, town
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