Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov
Russian architect
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Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov was a leading Russian architect of the Neoclassical period, active in the 18th century. He studied in Paris and brought advanced Neoclassical ideas back to Russia, contributing to the transformation of St. Petersburg into a city of Neoclassical buildings under Catherine II.1
Bazhenov designed the new Arsenal in St. Petersburg and prepared unexecuted designs for palaces and a new Kremlin. He was a contemporary and colleague of Matvey Kazakov, another prominent Neoclassical architect in Russia.12
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