Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov was a Russian Neoclassical architect. Kazakov was one of the most influential Muscovite architects during the reign of Catherine II, completing numerous private residences, two royal palaces, two hospitals, Moscow University, and the Kremlin Senate. Most of his works were destroyed by the Fire of 1812; they were later rebuilt with various degrees of alteration.
Matvey Kazakov
Petrovsky Palace, main hall
The Kremlin Senate from the Red Square
Imperial Moscow University, 1798
Moscow State University is a public research university in Moscow, Russia.
Moscow State University
The Principal Medicine Store building on Red Square that housed Moscow University from 1755 to 1787
Main buildings of the university in Mokhovaya Street, 1798
Students celebrating the 250th anniversary of the university in 2005