Matvey Kazakov

(1738–1812) rysk arkitekt

Matvey Kazakov (1738–1812) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Matvey Kazakov belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Matvey Kazakov was born in Moscow and died in Ryazan. Matvey Kazakov studied under Dmitry Ukhtomsky. Matvey Kazakov worked in Moscow and Kolomna. Wikidata associates Matvey Kazakov with Neoclassical architecture in Russia, Gothic Revival, and Palladian architecture. The students included Ivan Vasil'evič Egotov.

The best-known works include ‘Kremlin Senate’, ‘Petrovsky Palace, Moscow’, and ‘Butyrka prison’. The catalogue has 6 buildings by Matvey Kazakov. The dated buildings span the years 1771–1793. The buildings are in Tverskoy District, Aeroport District, Basmanny District, and Meshchansky District. According to Wikidata, buildings by Matvey Kazakov belong to the styles ‘Historicism’ and ‘Neoclassicism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Vasily Bazhenov, Marcos Ibáñez, Louis Gustave Taraval, Jacob Otten Husly, and Juhana Salonen.

• Butyrkafängelset
• Senaten (Kreml)
• Petrovsky Palace, Moscow
• Building of the Mayor of Moscow
• Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Maroseyka
• Church of Metropolitan Philipp in Meshchanskaya sloboda