Aleksei Benois

(1838–1902) Russian architect (1838-1902)

Aleksei Benois (1838–1902) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Aleksei Benois belongs to the chapter ‘Industrialisation’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Aleksei Benois was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Türkmenbaşy. Aleksei Benois trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. Aleksei Benois worked in Tashkent, Almaty, Samarkand, and Bukhara.

One of the best-known works is ‘Palace of Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich Romanov, Tashkent’. The catalogue has one building by Aleksei Benois. The dated building is from 1895.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Henry Hobson Richardson, Hilary Majewski, Theodor Decker, John Horbury Hunt, and Hubert Stier.

• Turkmenbashi railway station