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Vasily Bazhenov

1737 - 1799

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Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Баже́нов; 1 March (N.S. 12) 1737 or 1738 – 2 August (N.S. 13) 1799) was a Russian neoclassical architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist and educator. Bazhenov and his associates Matvey Kazakov and Ivan Starov were the leading local architects of the Russian Enlightenment, a period dominated by foreign architects (Charles Cameron, Giacomo Quarenghi, Antonio Rinaldi and others). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Bazhenov has received more than 41,091 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Bazhenov is the 403rd most popular architect (down from 363rd in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,471st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 403 out of 518. Before him are John Hejduk, Michel de Klerk, Andrey Voronikhin, Arnold Bode, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, and Denise Scott Brown. After him are Victor Louis, Capability Brown, Dankmar Adler, Martin Gropius, Frederick Catherwood, and Martin Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 29. Before him are Suzanne Curchod, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Maria Caterina Brignole, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Alexander Dalrymple, and Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Charles Hutton, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Arthur St. Clair, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, Francis Hopkinson, and John Hunter. Among people deceased in 1799, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 35. Before him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Johann Julius Walbaum, William Curtis, Alexander Bezborodko, Francesco Mario Pagano, and William Withering. After him are Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and William Paca.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 1,707 out of 3,761. Before him are Anatoli Ilyin (1931), Valeri Zolotukhin (1941), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Marina Ladynina (1908), Tamara Rylova (1931), and Alexander Pichushkin (1974). After him are Irina Alfyorova (1951), Vitaly Bianki (1894), Serhii Plokhy (1957), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Alexandra Zabelina (1937), and Andrei Smirnov (1941).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Russia

Among architects born in Russia, Vasily Bazhenov ranks 10. Before him are Konstantin Melnikov (1890), Konstantin Thon (1794), Joseph Bové (1784), Alexander Kokorinov (1726), Vasily Stasov (1769), and Andrey Voronikhin (1759). After him are Leon Benois (1856), Matvey Kazakov (1738), Nikolay Lvov (1753), Ivan Fomin (1872), Max Taut (1884), and Mikhail Zemtsov (1688).

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