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I.I.Betzkoy

I.I.Betzkoy was not lawful son Catherine II and prince Trubetskoy. A Russia outstading the figure. It has received brilliant formation and become the founder of a new education system and formation in Russia. It has based in Russia the first educational colleg.

 

I.I.Betzkoy House

There is University of Culture now.

 

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Hous of I.I.Betzkov.

Saint-Petersburg, Millionnaya street, 1.

Sculptural composition "The Virtue"

Sculptor I.P.Prokofiev, XVIII century.

 

 

In 1784 in Saint-Petersburg, near the Saltykov’s House, the construction of Betzkoy Palace was started and finished after three years. Four-cornered, with a large inner court, Betzkoy House occupies the territory between Field of Mars, Swan channel, Palace Embankment and the Saltykov’s House. Betzkoy House was built in classic style.
Betzkoy residence was sometimes called palace: it was really more dressed-up than the majority of private buildings of that time at its relative modesty.
In 30-s of XIX century the fronts changed, hanging garden disappeared, and at its place two levels were overbuilt from the side of Swan Channel and one level was overbuilt from the side of Field of Mars. The interiors were partly rearranged and were changed later too. Architect V. Stasov participated in the works of 30-s. The sculpture on attic of southern front, ascribed to I. Prokofiev, survived up to our days.

The first owner of the house was I. I. Betzkoy (or - Betzkiy). After his death this residence was passed to his flyblow E. Sokolova. In the 30-s of XIX century prince Peter of Oldenburg became its owner, and then his son became its owner. That’s why this building was often called palace of prince of Oldenburg. It is unknown exactly, who is an author of the project. It was believed for some time that it could be G.B.Vallen-Delamot. Also I.Starov, who became a chief architect of “Bureau of Her Majesty houses and gardens construction”, which head was Betzkoy, was called a possible author. However, it is just an assumption.
Betzkoy house was one of the centers of cultural life of Saint-Petersburg at the end of XVIII century. Here in 1791-1794 Ivan Vasilievitch Krylov took an apartment with a view to Summer Garden. In the same house there was a printing-office, where the popular at that time magazines "Zritel” (“The Spectator”), “Sankt-Peterburgskiy Merkuriy” ("Saint-Petersburg Mercury") were published by Krylov together with I. Dmitrievsky, A. Klushin, and P. Plavilschikov.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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