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The exact place and date of birth of Mikhail Grigorievich Zemtsov are not known. He is believed to have been born in 1686 or 1688. Probably, elementary education he received in Moscow at the school at the Armory.

The first reliable information about Mikhail Zemtsov dates back to 1709, when he studied Italian at the St. Petersburg provincial office. In 1710, by decree of Peter I, a capable young man was sent to serve in the Office of City Affairs. The office then supervised the construction of the stone fortress "St. Petersburg" and the construction of the city around it. It was headed by Domenico Trezzini, while the architect Mikhail Zemtsov had the opportunity to learn a lot.

The outstanding abilities of Mikhail Zemtsov were noticed by Domenico Trezzini, who often even left his student to work with other students. It was Trezzini who recommended Zemtsov for a trip to Moscow, when in 1718 work began in the Moscow Kremlin and Kitay-Gorod. Mikhail Zemtsov was appointed construction manager.

Domenico Trezzini died in 1734. Zemtsov was given all his work. In 1735, he became the architect of the St. Petersburg police chief's office, thus becoming the de facto chief architect of the city. In 1741, Zemtsov began work on his main project, the stone Trinity Cathedral on Trinity Square. The project was never carried out. Simultaneously with the work on the project of the cathedral, Zemtsov was also engaged in other matters, for example, he quartered the Persian embassy.

Under Elizabeth Petrovna, Zemtsov again became a court architect. He was instructed to carry out the restoration of Moscow palaces before the coronation of Elizabeth. Upon his return to St. Petersburg, Mikhail Grigorievich was entrusted with the construction of the Anichkov Palace. At the same time, the architect developed a plan for the reconstruction of the palace in Tsarskoye Selo.

Despite the huge employment, the salary of Mikhail Zemtsov was not revised for a long time. By the early 1740s, he received the same amount as in 1724. Only shortly before his death, the architect received the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Mikhail Grigorievich Zemtsov died on September 28, 1743. Thanks to the highest efficiency of the master, after his death there were rumors that his affairs were distributed among thirteen architects, so there were a lot of these cases.

Mikhail Grigorievich Zemtsov(1688, Moscow - September 28, 1743, St. Petersburg) - Russian architect, representative of the early baroque.

Biography

He studied at the Armory Chamber in Moscow. In St. Petersburg since 1709; studied Italian at the provincial office.

Since 1710, by order of Peter I, he was appointed assistant and student of D. Trezzini.

From 1719, he directed the development of Moscow in connection with the abolition of the ban on building stone structures. In 1720 he was transferred from students to gezels. He was an assistant to Leblon and Michetti.

In 1720-1722 he worked in Revel as N. Michetti's deputy on the construction of Ekaterinental (Kadriorg). Beginning in the spring of 1721, the entire construction was carried out by one Zemtsov, who brought it to the end.

In 1723 he went to work in Stockholm.

From 1723 he worked in St. Petersburg on orders from the court.

In 1724 he received the title of architect. He taught architecture to I. Ya. Blank.

After the execution of P. M. Eropkin in 1740, he was seconded to the “Commission on the St. to do at buildings”, “On the positions of various art masters applying at buildings”, “On the Academy of Architecture”. Since 1741, he served as the court architect of Elizaveta Petrovna. The first Russian architect of St. Petersburg, who, along with Trezzini, embodied the main architectural plans of Peter I.

He worked in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo and Moscow.

In 1742 he received the rank of colonel. Had an architectural "team".

Works

1731-1734. Church of Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg, consecrated on January 27, 1734. H. van Bolos was invited to build the spire. (preserved, partially rebuilt).

1733-1737. Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in St. Petersburg. The church has not been preserved, the authorship of Zemtsov is questionable.
1734-1739. Management of the construction of a church for hospitals on the Vyborg side (project by D. Trezzini, accepted for execution in connection with the death of the author) in St. Petersburg. The building was brought to the architrave, the construction was stopped due to the exhaustion of the estimate. Until the end of the 18th century, the church stood unfinished; in 1771 it was decided to abandon the previous plan; the unfinished church building was later adapted for the audience of the Military Medical Academy.
Lookout Palace of Peter I (completion of construction and decoration; project author S. van Zwieten; lost)
Project of the Hermitage Pavilion in the Catherine Park (Tsarskoye Selo)
Cavalier and craftsmen's courts in Peterhof (1732)
Cascade "Golden Mountain" (Lower Park of Peterhof), together with Michetti
Rebuilding the ruin cascade (Lower Park of Peterhof)
Anichkov Palace project
Small boat house for Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Fortress;
1743-1754. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The temple was built from 1743 to 1754. Mikhail Zemtsov did not live to see the completion of construction; after his death, the work was led by the architect Pietro Antonio Trezzini, who somewhat changed the project. The temple has not been preserved - it was completely rebuilt after a fire in 1825 by architect V.P. Stasov.

Literature

Pilyavsky V.I., Slavina T.A., Tits A.A. et al. History of Russian architecture. - M: Architecture-S, 2004. - ISBN 5-274-01659-6. - ISBN 5-9647-0014-4.
Johansen M. V. Mikhail Zemtsov (series: Architects of our city). - L: Lenizdat, 1975.

Mikhail Zemtsov

“For the good of the whole people” - this is how this illustrious architect explained the meaning of his ascetic work. The 18th century in the history of our city is rich in the presence of Russian and European architects, but even in such a majestic row, the name of M.G. Zemtsov is distinguished by a truly grandiose scope of activity, a combination of the talent of an artist and builder with a rare industriousness and high moral qualities. The list of projects and constructions of the master is so long that even contemporaries doubted whether one person was capable of doing all this work, feasible for a serious team. Zemtsov was the first Russian architect of St. Petersburg to be officially awarded this title. His fame was strong, the architect was respected by both kings and workers, although he received a much more modest salary than foreigners. It was such a time.

Muscovite Zemtsov, who received his initial education in the ancient capital, appeared on the banks of the Neva in 1709. Here the young man became the main and necessary assistant to Trezzini, who was little experienced in artistic matters, joining in the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the triumphal gates on Petrovsky Square and Nevsky Prospekt, and other subsequently famous objects. Mikhail gains experience at many construction sites in a rapidly growing city and at the same time taught his compatriots himself. He was fully trusted by both D. Trezzini and N. Michetti. With the latter, he built palaces in Reval (Tallinn) and Strelna, and after the death of the former, he completed a hospital on the Vyborg side. In the same way, replacing the deceased N. Gerbel, the first Russian architect completed the construction of the Kunstkamera, the Twelve Colleges and the Court stables. Being a brilliant organizer, a man of an inquisitive creative mind and nobility, Mikhail Grigorievich enjoyed the special disposition of Peter I himself.

Time turned out to be merciless to many of his works: almost all of them were, if not destroyed, then radically rebuilt, changing their appearance beyond recognition. However, traces of Zemtsov's creativity, who knew how to do everything from large urban planning projects to "small forms", have not disappeared. If it were not for his untimely death, the architecture of the city would have gone a different way: the same classicism that the architect gravitated towards, while remaining an adherent and master of the Baroque, could have appeared in our country several decades earlier.

Rice. V.G. Isachenko Church of St. Simeon and Anna

Working on the layout and landscaping of the Summer Garden, Zemtsov built here, on the Neva bank, the "Hall for Glorious Celebrations" - a bright, but, alas, not preserved example of the Baroque. Noticeable page creative biography the author began to work as the chief architect of the suburban imperial residences. Here are just some of the projects that were carried out under the leadership of Mikhail Grigorievich in Peterhof: work in parks, greenhouses and fountains, the Bolshoy and Marly cascades, wooden colonnades (in place of the Voronikhinsky ones). In Tsarskoe Selo, the master has the general idea of the ensembles and the Hermitage (rebuilt by Rastrelli), as well as the absolutely magnificent Grand Palace, erected by one of his best students, A.V. Kvasov (soon also rebuilt by Rastrelli). Zemtsov's school is not just big words.

Church of St. Simeon and Anna

After the grandiose fires of 1736-1737 "de facto" and together with P.M. Eropkin himself M.G. Zemtsov becomes the chief architect of the capital, acting not only as the creator of individual houses, but also the author of entire urban planning units, for example, determining the development of Nevsky Prospekt, Millionnaya and Morskie streets. Let's not forget that the basis of a number of buildings now recognized as monuments are Zemtsov's buildings. I will name a few of these addresses: Nevsky Prospekt, 17 and 18, Sadovaya St., 13 and 14, Bolshaya Morskaya St., 28, 31, 47 and 53, Angliskaya Embankment, 10 and 74, Isaakievskaya Sq., 9. The list is long not complete - however, a great achievement of the upcoming urban transformations, which will inevitably require the reconstruction of the listed objects, can be considered at least a fragmentary preservation, museumification of this impressive layer of urban development. On the site of one of the buildings of the National Library of Russia, Zemtsov's Italian Palace once stood (36, Fontanka River Embankment), and the Petrovsky Senate meeting room in the building of the Twelve Collegia is still pleasing to the eye - another brainchild of the first Russian architect. The townspeople and visitors are well aware of the Anichkov Palace on Nevsky, which was designed and built by Zemtsov since 1741, and after his death, other architects completed it.

Consisting since 1737 in the leadership of the Commission on the St. Petersburg structure, M.G. Zemtsov worked on the general plan of the city, together with I.K. Korobov completed what P.M. Eropkin, the first Russian architectural and building code "Position of an architectural expedition", was engaged in the planning of the Kazan and Kolomna parts of the city, which had great importance for the further formation of these and other areas. He thought like a true city planner.

Watercolors by V.G. Isachenko Church of St. Simeon and Anna. 1975

A special chapter of the architect's work is temple construction. Not all of his plans, for various reasons, were destined to come true. So in 1741, Zemtsov completed the project of a stone cathedral on Trinity Square instead of a wooden church.

It was not possible to implement it, on the territory of the Kazan Cathedral the architect managed to build a slender Kazan Church with a bell tower, began the construction of the Church of the Assumption on Mokrush (Prince Vladimir Cathedral on Dobrolyubov Avenue), the Transfiguration Cathedral, created the altar part of Sampsonevsky. His masterpiece is the charming, lyrical church of Simeon and Anna on Belinsky Street (1731-1734). He also built the building of the Church of the Sign in Tsarskoye Selo (with I.Ya. Blank, located near the Lyceum).

Modest and caring towards his family, colleagues and students, not sparing himself, taking on his shoulders all the new duties, Zemtsov passed away, not having time to complete much of what he started and planned. In recent years, the architect lived in his own house, on the site of which the Passage building now rises, and earlier on the corner of Shpalernaya and the current Chernyshevsky Avenue, where, by the way, N. Michetti lived before him (now the Church of All Who Sorrow stands here). It would be fair to install memorial plaques with the name of the first Russian architect of St. Petersburg on these buildings.

Mikhail Grigoryevich Zemtsov was buried near the walls of St. Sampson Cathedral.

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For the construction of the new capital of the Russian state, the city of St. Petersburg, its founder Peter the Great invites the best architects of Europe. One of the first masters who led the construction of the new city was the Italian Domenico Trezzini. Among his students was the future outstanding Russian architect Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich. The hardworking and talented artist was awarded the title of the first Russian

Childhood

Unfortunately, about early years Historians know very little about the life of Mikhail Grigorievich. Even exact year The master's birth is indicated in different ways. Some scholars call 1686, while others believe that the great architect was born in 1688. What was the origin and how Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich spent his childhood is still a mystery. It is known that he was born in Moscow and was educated at the Armory, but no one knows how he ended up in the new capital. Perhaps he came to St. Petersburg during the resettlement of people from Moscow.

Youth

The first mention of Zemtsov appears only in 1709. At this time, the young man was educated at the St. Petersburg Provincial Chancellery. He is taking a course Italian. Upon graduation, by decree of Peter, he was sent to work in the Office of City Affairs, which was established in 1706. The office's job was to supervise the construction of new buildings in the city and the modernization of the fortress, where it was necessary to replace earthen fortifications with stone ones. The main leader of these projects was lieutenant colonel and architect D. Trezzini, it was to him that Zemtsov was sent for training.

Becoming a master

The construction of the city proceeded rapidly. But there were not enough educated specialists, and Trezzini tried to educate young people who came to work for him as quickly as possible. Paying attention to a capable and hard-working young man, Trezzini makes him his assistant. The training of Mikhail Grigorievich Zemtsov took place directly at the workplace. Easy assignments were gradually replaced by more complex ones, and finally, talent, combined with diligence, allowed the future architect to quickly become a master of his craft.

Carier start

In 1718, Peter issued a decree on the construction of stone houses in Moscow. In Kitai-Gorod and the Moscow Kremlin, it was decided to build buildings only from stone, creating streets, and not to build houses in courtyards, as was done before.

The best student of the Russian architect Zemtsov was appointed the head of new construction work in Moscow. For about a year, Mikhail Grigorievich worked in Moscow, but in 1720 he had to return to St. Petersburg.

At this time, three prominent architects J. B. A. Leblon, G. Mattarnovi and G. I. Ustinov passed away. All important buildings in Strelna and Peterhof were transferred under the direction of N. Michetti. But the architect came to Russia only a year ago. He speaks Russian poorly and hardly understands Russian speech. Mikhail Zemtsov, like no one else, fits the role of Michetti's assistant and translator.

After working under the direction of Michetti for about three years, Mikhail Grigorievich receives a very flattering description from the master and he is sent to the construction work of 1721 in Revel. Arriving in St. Petersburg in 1722, Zemtsov received instructions from the general architect Michetti related to the improvement of fountains and gardens in Revel. Zemtsov was not returning to his place of work alone; Mikhail Ogibalov was sent with him as an assistant, whom Mikhail Grigorievich was supposed to teach architecture in Reval. It was the first student of the great architect.

The heyday of the architect's creativity

The Catherine Palace in Revel was originally built according to the design of Michetti, but Zemtsov had to complete the work of the teacher, introducing his own changes to the construction of the palace. Therefore, the building has a very diverse appearance of facades and interiors. And when creating the park in front of the palace, the famous Russian master of landscape gardening I. Surmin collaborated with Zemtsov. Subsequently, they worked together a lot in the improvement of gardens and parks in Peterhof and the Summer Garden.

Work in Reval clearly showed the talent of the young architect and proved that it is possible to become a good architect by studying in Russia. Nevertheless, in 1723, by decree of Peter, Mikhail Grigorievich Zemtsov went to Stockholm. In Sweden, he had to hire local craftsmen, whose knowledge was to help with the further construction of the city. And also there was a goal - to find out what mixture Swedish builders use to coat buildings. Zemtsov did an excellent job with all the instructions and brought eight experienced craftsmen of various specialties to St. Petersburg.

Revel and Stockholm had a great influence on Zemtsov's work. He got acquainted with the architecture of the Gothic style and the early Baroque, gaining new knowledge that other Russian masters did not have.

At this time, Michetti decides to leave Russia, while he leaves a lot of unfinished projects that are handed over to Mikhail Grigorievich, thereby showing that he is on a par with the best masters of Europe.

The most famous works of M. G. Zemtsov

After the departure of Michetti from St. Petersburg, Zemtsov becomes the main leader of all construction work that takes place in St. Petersburg and its environs. But despite this, his rank and salary remained the same. Although there was a lot of work, the city grew and developed. Zemtsov was forced to deal with several urban and suburban facilities at once. Among his works of that time, one can note the improvement of the Summer Garden, the Engineering Castle, Peterhof, the Field of Mars and Mikhailovsky Palace. In addition to construction and gardening works, Mikhail Grigorievich was engaged in pedagogical activity and taught young architects. But Zemtsov himself was given the official title of architect only in 1724.

Architect Zemtsov made an invaluable contribution to the development of St. Petersburg and its suburbs.

Famous works of architect Zemtsov:

Church of Simeon and Anna. Located in St. Petersburg, built in 1734, is a functioning Orthodox church.
Cascade "Golden Mountain" in Peterhof.
House for the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

Unfortunately, the architect did not live to see the completion of the construction of the last of the listed objects, he died on September 28, 1743. But the Transfiguration Cathedral itself was not preserved, since after a fire in 1825 it was completely rebuilt under the guidance of architect V.P. Stasov.

Zemtsov, Mikhail Grigorievich

One of the nestlings of "Petrov's nest", the first Russian architect. He was born in Moscow in 1688 and was sent to St. Petersburg among the first settlers of the new capital. In St. Petersburg, for the first time, he was in a school at the city office, and in 1710 he was sent to science by Trezzini with a salary of 5 rubles. His studies at Trezzini were very successful: in 1715 his salary was increased to 10, and the next year to 15 rubles. Soon, however, Zemtsov passes from Trezzini to the architect Michetti, who makes him his assistant and sends him to Revel and Yekaterinental to supervise the construction of the palace designed by Michetti. Obviously, Peter the Great recognizes Zemtsov here and draws attention to the talented architect. From that time on, he began to be given a number of assignments. On August 19, 1723, the head of the galley fleet received an order "on sending the architectural apprentice Zemtsov to the Elzenfors boat to Sweden to hire workers and craftsmen and buy tools. In last years the reign of Peter the Great, Zemtsov also takes part in the work of the Peterhof fountains; so, for example, he was instructed to "remake the pyramid, make the pool lower and remove one ledge (ledge) in the kashkads; in the canal along the stairs, on the right side of the chambers, make dolphins, as on the other side"; further, he works in the royal gardens, for example, he makes "a gallery against flower beds or an oak gallery for paintings by old masters." All these works gave Zemtsov the rank of architect (1724), and less than a year later the Senate gave him a salary of 550 rubles.

Under Peter the Great, Zemtsov studied and performed the work entrusted to him according to the projects of other architects, and since he was also a skilled draftsman, he made those drawings that required elegant decoration and artistry; for example, the "grotto in the Summer Garden" designed by Peter the Great has survived to our time in Zemtsov's drawings. Further, Zemtsov also performed the duties of a sculptor: he drafted statues with which they were going to decorate the building under construction for the Kunstkamera of the Academy of Sciences. Having become an architect, Zemtsov showed such tremendous activity in 20 years that at present one cannot but be amazed at how this still far from appreciated first Russian architect could work so hard. From 1725 to 1732, Zemtsov was listed at the office of buildings, that is, he held a position corresponding to the current position of the architect of the Court; in 1732 he received a special assignment - "assigned to complete the construction of the monastery buildings of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra." Terrible Petersburg fires approached. I had to rebuild. city. A special commission appeared for the organization of St. Petersburg, and in 1735 Zemtsov was appointed architect at the police office. From 1740 to 1743, that is, the year of his death, Zemtsov for the second time performed a special assignment - supervising the construction of the Nevsky Lavra, and at the same time a number of the most diverse palace buildings were assigned to him.

The first independent building of Zemtsov was a wooden hall, approximately where the palace of Prince Oldenburg is now located on the Field of Mars. This hall was built for the marriage of the daughter of Peter the Great Anna Petrovna with Prince Holstein and, like most buildings of that time, was built hastily. In Berchholz's notes we find an indication that "Prince Menshikov spent last night in new rooms and even now intends to spend the night in them in order to have unremitting supervision of the workers and by all means to rush them to finish the construction" Then in the same 1725, with such but, if not with greater speed, he had to rebuild and rebuild the Summer Palace for Empress Catherine I and, finally, re-finish the Italian Palace. All these buildings were not preserved: the ceremonial hall stood until 1731, the Summer Palace of Catherine I was replaced first by the Summer Palace of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, built by Count Rastrelli son, and then Mikhailovsky Castle Emperor Paul and what is now the Engineering Castle, on the site of the Italian Palace of Gvarengi, the Catherine Institute was built. In addition to these fundamental buildings, Zemtsov had to oversee a number of smaller ones, for example, he completed the observation palace, arranged palaces in Yekateringof and Annengof, rebuilt the triumphal gates, etc.

During the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna, Zemtsov's activities were aimed at organizing St. Petersburg and church construction. Zemtsov took an active part in the compilation by Sachheim of the first topographical plan of St. Petersburg in 1738. For this purpose, Zemtsov compiled an inventory of the philistine houses of St. Petersburg (April 15, 1736). Further, he also owns the compilation of: 1) regulations on paving work, that is, on paving streets, and 2) conditions for government contracts. According to his drawings and drawings, all the entrances to the capital, police boxes and, finally, slingshots were built, with which the streets were locked at night. As a police architect, Zemtsov also built a building for the main police, which was the second along the Moika, from Nevsky Prospekt, behind the Dutch Church. It is interesting to note that according to his designs, in the harsh winter of 1739, special heaters were built on the streets.

As the architect of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Zemtsov could not show himself in anything special, mainly because, despite the very frequent, strictest orders from the Highest Command to complete the construction of the Lavra, they did not give enough money. But having accepted this building, Zemtsov pointed out that, in all likelihood, it would be necessary to dismantle the vaults of the cathedral, which were unfinished. This assumption Zemtsov was justified.

Of the churches built by Zemtsov, two especially attracted attention - Simeonovskaya and the old Church of the Kazan Mother of God, later replaced by the Kazan Cathedral of Voronikhin. In church building, Zemtsov had already shown a certain independence; True, the plan of the Zemtsovskie churches resembles the plan of the Trezzini churches: the same elongated and placed in front of the church bell tower, behind which the gallery goes to the church itself, but the details of the construction are no longer Trezzini: the bell tower is, first of all, not as simple as that of Trezzini - the influence of the Baroque style is already clear felt, especially in the upper part of the bell tower, in the round windows of one of the tiers of the bell tower and, finally, in the slightly curved shape of the Spitz itself. Then Zemtsov completely changed the shape of the dome: instead of a small Trezzini lantern, a rather significant main dome appeared. Church of St. Simeon and Anna has been preserved relatively intact. As for the church of the Kazan Mother of God, which has already disappeared, it was similar in plan to Simeonovskaya and, judging by the surviving painting by an unknown master, had a beautiful colonnade of Corinthian-style columns inside.

A small elegant building - the pavilion-boat of Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Fortress - should certainly testify, as I. Grabar says, "of the presence of a reliable architectural fantasy in Zemtsov, who knew how, when the opportunity allowed, to create the most charming forms using the simplest means".

On April 6, 1742, the quartermaster of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna Shargorodsky gives an order to the architect Zemtsov - to build the Anichkovsky Palace, and warns that this construction must be rushed - such is the desire of the empress; she wants a palace to be erected where the preobrazhensky regiment's prefabricated hut stood, from where the empress - then still princess Elizabeth - at the head of her life company went to get her father's throne. And the construction of this palace is entrusted not to a foreigner, but to a Russian architect.

Zemtsov showed increased activity: a drawing after a drawing was made by a talented architect, and his assistant Dmitriev took these drawings to Moscow for approbation of the empress. They started work, beat piles, laid the foundation, began to build walls; in order to be closer to the building, Zemtsov begged for himself a plot to build a house almost opposite the palace. And in the midst of these works, Zemtsov dies. A report to the empress on his death was made on November 29, 1743. Rastrelli was entrusted with the completion of the palace, who, being unable to change general plan, nevertheless put his hand to the details, as a result of which the character of the building turned out to be not what Zemtsov would have given him.

Zemtsov was certainly distinguished by his enormous energy and ability to work, but having been educated at the Trezzini school, who was not an architect, but an engineer, Zemtsov, of course, could not develop his great inclinations as an artist. Unfamiliar with the theory of architecture, or with the outstanding architectural monuments of Europe (Zemtsov was nowhere but Stockholm), our Russian nugget had to reach everything on his own, discover America everywhere. But according to the conditions of that time, Zemtsov could not engage in architecture continuously and systematically: he was constantly interrupted from his main occupation, he had to fulfill thousands of small assignments, he had to be not only a builder, but also a police architect, and at the same time deal with contracts and participate in bidding for various jobs. It is quite clear that the result was insignificant. Judging by the pavilion-botik, by the bell tower of the Simeonovskaya Church, Zemtsov's talent could unfold, and perhaps we could repeat the name Zemtsov with the same pride, as we now repeat the name of the Russian Italian Rastrelli.

Being an active builder, Zemtsov was almost the only leader of the first school of architects in St. Petersburg, which was founded by Leblon; we know very little about it, but it produced those numerous architects who were sent as builders all over Russia.

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Zemtsov, Mikhail Grigorievich

Architect of the Office of Buildings, r. 1688, † 1743

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