View of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble from the Moskva River...
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View of the Moscow Orphanage from the Moskva River side...
Church of St. Catherine interior...
View of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble from the Moskva River...
General view of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble...
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The Moscow Orphanage
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Date:
1764 - 1790
Address:
Moscow
Architects:
Yury Felten
Общий вид
Фото Б. Кондакова, 2014.

General view.
Photo credit B. Kondakov, 2014.
Общий вид
Фото Б. Кондакова, 2014.

General view.
Photo credit B. Kondakov, 2014.
Фасад с Москвы-реки

Facade. View from Moskva river.
Фрагмент главного фасада.

Fragment of the main facade.
Вид Воспитательного дома. Фото начала XX в.

Воспитательный дом был самым значительным сооружением раннего классицизма в Москве. Крупный объем здания, четкий ритм архитектурных деталей выделяли его на фоне московской застройки.
Архитектура фасадов Воспитательного дома в основном сохранила свое первоначальное состояние. Исчезли в советское время два боковых церковных купола на центральном корпусе. Их вид – на старой фотографии.

The Orphanage. Photo of the beginning of the XX century.

The Orphanage was the most significant construction of the early classicism. Large dimensions of the building, clear rhythm of architectural details distinguished it in Moscow housing system.
Architecture of facades of the Orphanage in general remains original. During the Soviet times there disappeared two lateral church domes of the central block. They can be seen on the old photo.
View of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble from the Moskva River
Гравюра
РIII-1444
Panoramic view of downtown Moscow
Гравюра
РIII-3576
View of the Moscow Orphanage from the Moskva River side
Гравюра
РIII-6725
Church of St. Catherine interior
Литография
РIII-3086
View of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble from the Moskva River
Фотография
I-340
General view of the Moscow Orphanage Ensemble
Литография
РIII-2502
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Description
The grand scale of the first architectural projects of the Moscow new style corresponded to ambitious plans of Catherine II. On April 21 1764 on her order there was found the first Moscow classical ensemble of the Orphanage. Along with charity its main purpose was to raise a "new man". Presumably the project was created by a Saint Petersburg architect Y. Felten. The construction continued till 1790-s with the participation of the architects K. Blanck, Y. Ananiiev, I. Sitnikov, I. Gilardi. Monumental composition, strict and solemn architecture of the building defined the scale for the rest of public constructions of Moscow classical period, the scale that is worth the ideals of Enlightment.