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Konstantin Andreyevich Thon
Born
October 26, 1794
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died
25 January 1881(1881-01-25) (aged 86)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality
Russian Empire
Occupation
Architect
Buildings
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (Russian: Константи́н Андре́евич Тон; October 26, 1794 – January 25, 1881) was an official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Nicholas I. His major works include the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.
Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (Russian: Константи́н Андре́евич Тон; October 26, 1794 – January 25, 1881) was an official architect of...
in Moscow. Designed by a team of architects under the management of KonstantinThon (the architect of the Kremlin Armoury and the Cathedral of Christ the...
in place of the first church constructed in Moscow. The architect KonstantinThon was commissioned to replace them with the Grand Kremlin Palace, which...
of the Nativity of the Mother of God was rebuilt by the celebrated KonstantinThon at the request of Tsar Nicholas I to celebrate the 250th anniversary...
inside the citadel; and the Governor's House (1843–1853), designed by KonstantinThon, now the Palace of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The...
selected by his predecessor. He commissioned his favorite architect KonstantinThon to create a new design, taking as his model Hagia Sophia in the byzantine...
Russo-Byzantine idea was carried forward by KonstantinThon with the firm approval by Nicholas I. Thon's style embodied the idea of continuity between...
Alexander II of Russia (1855–1881), replacing the Russo-Byzantine style of KonstantinThon. 1851 Struve Geodetic Arc by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve 1851...
the Tauride Palace Vladimir Tatlin, author of Tatlin's Tower project KonstantinThon, builder of the Grand Kremlin Palace, Kremlin Armoury and the Cathedral...
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Nicholas Palace, New Michael Palace) and KonstantinThon (Moskovsky railway station). With the emancipation of the serfs undertaken...
the 1670s-1680s. Other extant structures of the Court were built by KonstantinThon and Mikhail Bykovsky in 1839–1859, when the island was converted into...
family in Kiev Governorate. In 1848–1857 he studied architecture under KonstantinThon at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg; meanwhile Alexander's...
syenite at the embankment nearby, which was designed by the architect KonstantinThon. The sphinxes took their places on the waterfront in 1834. The Saint...
the Spasskaya Tower; and the Governor's House (1843–53), designed by KonstantinThon, now the Palace of the President of Tatarstan. Next door, the ornate...
completed. May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by KonstantinThon, is dedicated. August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the...
architect Ernest Ivanovich Ziber. In May 1869, a cathedral designed by KonstantinThon in a Neo-Byzantine style with a capacity of 2500 people was laid, but...
station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 to an eclectic design by KonstantinThon as the terminus of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, a pet project...
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Vincenzo Bernardacci, Karl Blank, KonstantinThon, and other leading architects of the Russian Empire. The 17th-century...
buildings in the capital city, Helsinki. The actual church was designed by KonstantinThon, an official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Czar...
classical method, where the façade was conceived as a unit".: 44 KonstantinThon, the most popular Russian architect of the time, used Italianate elements...
years to complete the Neoclassical edifice, which opened in 1789. KonstantinThon was responsible for the sumptuous decoration of the interiors. He also...
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