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    Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (Russian: Константи́н Андре́евич Тон; October 26, 1794 – January 25, 1881) was an official architect of...
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    Russian Empire. Designed by a team of architects under the management of Konstantin Thon, architect of the Kremlin Armoury and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour...
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    in place of the first church constructed in Moscow. The architect Konstantin Thon was commissioned to replace them with the Grand Kremlin Palace, which...
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    of the Nativity of the Mother of God was rebuilt by the celebrated Konstantin Thon at the request of Tsar Nicholas I to celebrate the 250th anniversary...
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    inside the citadel; and the Governor's House (1843–1853), designed by Konstantin Thon, now the Palace of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The...
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  • completed. May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated. August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the...
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  • rationalist movement in 1920s architecture (died 1941) January 25 – Konstantin Thon, official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Tsar Nicholas...
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    selected by his predecessor. He commissioned his favorite architect Konstantin Thon to create a new design, taking as his model Hagia Sophia in the Byzantine...
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    architect Ernest Ivanovich Ziber. In May 1869, a cathedral designed by Konstantin Thon in a Neo-Byzantine style with a capacity of 2500 people was laid, but...
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    of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1860–1887), designed by Konstantin Thon. Rostov-on-Don's libraries include: The Don State Public Library, Central...
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  • Thon (born 1958), American baseball player Konstantin Thon (1794–1881), Russian architect Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957), American writer Nikolaos Thon...
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    Russian-Byzantine style referred as the style of Konstantin Thon, common in the second third of the 19th century, and post Thon style, that began in the 1850s and more...
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    Russo-Byzantine idea was carried forward by Konstantin Thon with the firm approval by Nicholas I. Thon's style embodied the idea of continuity between...
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    the Tauride Palace Vladimir Tatlin, author of Tatlin's Tower project Konstantin Thon, builder of the Grand Kremlin Palace, Kremlin Armoury and the Cathedral...
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    Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Nicholas Palace, New Michael Palace) and Konstantin Thon (Moskovsky railway station). With the emancipation of the serfs undertaken...
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    the Spasskaya Tower; and the Governor's House (1843–53), designed by Konstantin Thon, now the Palace of the President of Tatarstan. Next door, the ornate...
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    Alexander II of Russia (1855–1881), replacing the Russo-Byzantine style of Konstantin Thon. 1851 Struve Geodetic Arc by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve 1851...
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    took classes in architecture at the academy, where he studied under Konstantin Thon, Andrei Stackenschneider, David Grimm and his father. In 1864, he graduated...
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    is a 20th-century Eastern Orthodoxy cathedral in Donetsk, Ukraine. Konstantin Thon designed the church and the cathedral has since become one of the city's...
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    churches designed by Konstantin Thon. Nicholas I despised true Byzantine art; Thon's style in fact had little common with it. Notably, Thon routinely replaced...
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    preserved station in the city, it was erected in 1844-51 to a design by Konstantin Thon. As Nicholas I of Russia was the reigning monarch and the greatest...
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    Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Vincenzo Bernardacci, Karl Blank, Konstantin Thon, and other leading architects of the Russian Empire. The 17th-century...
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    the 1670s-1680s. Other extant structures of the Court were built by Konstantin Thon and Mikhail Bykovsky in 1839–1859, when the island was converted into...
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    years to complete the Neoclassical edifice, which opened in 1789. Konstantin Thon was responsible for the sumptuous decoration of the interiors. He also...
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    station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 to an eclectic design by Konstantin Thon as the terminus of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, a pet project...
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    theatre acquired neighboring land lots and was completely rebuilt by Konstantin Thon. Thon expanded the building to the northwest and northeast, taking over...
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    19th century in a Russo-Byzantine style harking back to the works of Konstantin Thon and demolished by the Bolsheviks in the 20th century. The church takes...
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    design by Konstantin Thon. Since it proved to be too small, it was demolished within twelve years and a much larger structure was erected under Thon's supervision...
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    syenite at the embankment nearby, which was designed by the architect Konstantin Thon. The sphinxes took their places on the waterfront in 1834. The Saint...
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  • dealer 1872 – Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817) 1881 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral...
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