Vasily Stasov
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Duke Vasily Petrovich Stasov was a famous Russian architect, born into a wealthy noble family: his father, Pyotr Fyodorovich Stasov, came from one of the oldest aristocratic families founded in 1387 by the 1st Duke Stasov Dmitri Vasilevich and his mother, Anna Antipyevna, came from the prominent Priklonsky family
Vasily Stasov in an 1820s portrait by Alexander Varnek
Stasov's Trinity Cathedral, St. Petersburg, represents a high point of Russian Neoclassicism.
Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg designed by Stasov
Catherine Palace
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The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The palace is part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.
View from the garden
North side, carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint.
The ballroom
The Cameron Gallery in the 21st century