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Cevakinsky, Savva

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Also known as: Savva Chevakinsky, Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky

CEVAKINSKY, SAVVA. - Russian architect, b. 1733, d. 1783. He trained in the school of Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, adapting the pomp and richness of Rastrelli's constructions to his own brilliant genius. He built the cathedral of St. Nicholas in St. Petersburg. He was one of the disseminators of Western art and culture in Russia.

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BIBL.: M. Gibellino Krasceninnicowa, Storia dell'arte russa, II, Rome 1937.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1364.

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Gibellino, Krasceninnicowa Maria. “Cevakinsky, savva.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1364. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cevakinsky-savva.

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Gibellino, Krasceninnicowa Maria. “Cevakinsky, savva.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1364. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cevakinsky-savva.

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@incollection{ec3_cevakinsky_savva,
  author    = {Gibellino, Krasceninnicowa Maria},
  title     = {Cevakinsky, savva},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1364},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cevakinsky-savva}
}

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