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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Ton Konstantin Andreevich hidden St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Tsarskoe Selo | |
ST. CATHERINE’S CATHEDRAL IN TSARSKOE SELO designed in Russian-Byzantine style by architect K. A. Ton, constructed on Sobornaya Square in 1835-40. In 1851-52, the side-altars were consecrated. The cathedral could hold 2,000 people ... | | ST. CATHERINE’S CATHEDRAL IN TSARSKOE SELO designed in Russian-Byzantine style by architect K. A. Ton, constructed on Sobornaya Square in 1835-40. In 1851-52, the side-altars were consecrated. The cathedral could hold 2,000 people. Facades of the five-dome building were finished with zakomaras (semicircular gables) with small semicircular windows; the entrance was constructed with an isometric tunnel entrance. The icons of the main iconostasis were painted by F. A. Bruni, A. E. Egorov, F. P. Brullo and others. The altar was adorned with religious paintings: Crucifixion by A. Van Dyck and Madonna in Glory by P. Veronese. Major-General Y. V. Zakharov, who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, was interred in the crypt of the St. Catherine’s Cathedral; Protopresbyter Ioann Kochurov was also buried there in 1917, having been killed by Bolsheviks. He was later canonised, a wooden cross was mounted on his grave in 1995. In 1939, the Catherine Cathedral was destroyed, a park was laid out on its territory. References: Царскосельский Екатерининский собор, 1840-1890 гг. СПб., 1890; Мещанинов М. Ю. Храмы Царского Села, Павловска и их ближайших окрестностей. СПб., 2000. С. 23-31. V. V. Antonov.
Persons Brullo Fedor Pavlovich Bruni Fedor (Fidelis) Antonovich Egorov Alexey Egorovich Ioann Kochurov, Archpriest Ton Konstantin Andreevich Van Dyck Anthonie Veronese Paolo Zakharov Ya.V.
| | | | hidden The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of the Resurrection of Christ | |
The Lutheran Church was founded according to the initiative of the director of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Ye. A. Engelgardt and the Lyceum pastor Gnichtel. In 1817-1818 a wooden building was adapted for using as the church on money granted by ... | | The Lutheran Church was founded according to the initiative of the director of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Ye. A. Engelgardt and the Lyceum pastor Gnichtel. In 1817-1818 a wooden building was adapted for using as the church on money granted by Alexander I. At first public religious services were conducted by the Lyceum pastor in German and Latin languages. In the church plot there was a primary school which was maintained on the parish’s money. On 14 August 1860 the new building was laid in the place of the old one. Design, approved by the Emperor, was developed by A.F. Vidov on the base of the model project of the Lutheran church of K.A. Thorn. In 1864 Alexander II made the donation of 7,000 Rb for finishing the building and on his birthday on 17 April 1938 the church was consecrated. At the Soviet time public services were stopped here in 1938 and the building was used as a vehicle repair workshop. In 1977 on the initiative of the Finnish Evangelical community the restoration repair of facades was made under the direction of M.I. Tolstov. In the same year the church was anew consecrated in the name of the Resurrection of Christ and services were begun in Finnish and Russian.
Persons Alexander I, Emperor Alexander II, Emperor Engelgardt Egor Antonovich Gnihtel Tolstov M.I. Ton Konstantin Andreevich Vidov Alexander Fomich
Addresses Naberezhnaya Street/Pushkin, town
| | | | hidden Ton K. A., (1794-1881), architect | |
TON Konstantin Andreevich (1794 - 1881, St. Petersburg), architect, originator of the Russo-Byzantine style, associate academy member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1830) ... | | TON Konstantin Andreevich (1794 - 1881, St. Petersburg), architect, originator of the Russo-Byzantine style, associate academy member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1830). Upon graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts (1815) worked for the Urban Planning Committee of St. Petersburg. In 1819-28, as a retainer of the Academy of Arts travelled to Italy and France, upon returning worked as an architect at the Academy of Fine Arts, from 1831 was conferred the title of professor, in 1854-71 appointed rector of the Academy of Fine Arts on architecture, in 1861, court architect. In 1830-37, built St. Catherine's Church in the vicinity of the Kalinkin Bridge (not preserved), being the first example of the Russo-Byzantine style, subsequently acquiring official status. From which point he enjoyed the permanent favour of Emperor Nicholas I, who commissioned Ton for the construction of regimental churches in St. Petersburg and its suburbs. Following Ton's projects the Presentation of the Holy Virgin Church of the Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment (1834-42), St. Catherine's Cathedral in Tsarskoe Selo (1835-40), SS. Peter and Paul Church of the Uhlan Life Guards Regiment in Peterhof (1836-39), Holy Transfiguration All Guards Church of the Grenadier Life Guards Regiment (1839-45), Holy Annunciation Church of the Cavalry Life Guards Regiment (1842-49), St. Miron's Church of the Chasseur Life Guards Regiment (1849-55) were erected (almost all of them demolished in the 1930s). Ton's church constructions were distinctive due to their stylistic uniformity, while yet maintaining a variety of compositional techniques, and richness of interior decoration. Ton was also the designer of the pier with Sphinxes on Bolshaya Neva by the Academy of Fine Arts building (1833-34), the silver icon-wall of Kazan Cathedral (1834-38, has not survived), St. Petersburg's railway terminals: Nikolaevsky (presently Moskovsky; memorial plaque) and Tsarskoselsky (presently Vitebsky). Ton was actively involved in architectural activities in Moscow and provincial towns, his sample church architectural drawings were widely used all over in Russia. During his last years Ton lived in the house of his own (now 122-124 Griboedov Canal Embankment). Buried at Volkovskoe Orthodox Cemetery. Reference: Славина Т. А. Константин Тон. Л., 1989; Лисовский В. Г. Константин Тон // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, XIX - начало XX века. СПб., 1998. С. 269-282. S. V. Boglachev.
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