Andreyan Zakharov

Dmitrievich Sakharov Andrejan (Russian Андреян Дмитриевич Захаров, Adrian Zakharov, born August 19, 1761 St. Petersburg, † September 8, 1811 ) was a Russian architect.

Sakharov was a leading representative of classicism in the Russian Empire around 1800. He received his education at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. He studied from 1782 to 1786 in Paris by Jean -François Chalgrin architecture, which was associated with study trips to Italy. He was influenced by the flow of revolutionary architecture. His main work is the Admiralty building (Saint Petersburg ), which was created in the years 1805-1819 in the Empire style. He also built in the Kronstadt St. Andrew's Cathedral, however, was later rebuilt. Noteworthy are several bridges like the Gorbatui Bridge ( Горбатый мост ) in the park of Gatchina near Saint Petersburg, and the building complex Senate and Synod in St. Petersburg, the Although the Italian Carlo Rossi designed, but which in size and shape to the building Admiralty was aligned. He also built in Gatchina the church of St. Peter. He also built the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Izhevsk and the Swiato - Preobraschenenski Cathedral in Dnepropetrovsk.