Exhibitions: Exposition celebrating 200th birth anniversary of an architect Roman Kuzmin kicks off in Gatchina

On December 1st 2011 “Gatchina” Museum-Reserve, Gatchina Palace (Leningrad Region), is opening a new exhibition “Virtuoso of “Clever Choice”.

It marks 200th birth anniversary of an eminent architect of St. Petersburg, who made a great contribution to development of architecture in Russia, Roman Kuzmin (1811-1867). He has built and re-constructed more than thirty buildings in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Paris, Athens, and also made designs of interiors. Among Kuzmin’s works are such important buildings as the Greek Church, Utin’s House, the Church of Paul the Apostle in Gatchina, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. Ten buildings designed by Kuzmin have survived up to the present day in St. Petersburg and suburbs.

The exhibition showcases over 200 articles from 13 cultural institutions of St. Petersburg, including the State Hermitage Museum, the Russian State Museum, Peterhof, the National Library of Russia, and the Russian Academy of Arts.