About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Rinat K. Mukhitov, Associate Professor, PhD in Architecture, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Khanifa G. Nadyrova, Professor, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Diana V. Khusnutdinova, graduate student, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Title of the article | New facts in the biography of the famous Kazan architect of the 19th century Jacob-Heinrich Bernardovich Rusch |
| Abstract. | Problem statement. The main problem in the study of the creative path of Jacob-Heinrich Bernardovich Rusch is the lack of information about his life before moving to Kazan. Despite the fact that he is the author of a large number of buildings important for Kazan, including Aleksandrovsky passage, the house of the heirs of D.I.Chernoyarov, the house of M.Sh.Shamil, the house of L.V.Kekin and many others, there are still a large number of inaccuracies in his biography. The work is aimed at studying the period of the life of Heinrich Rusch from 1849 to 1880 as well as his influence on the creative activity and fate of the architect. The objectives of the study are to search, study and analyze materials related to the life of H.B. Rusch for 31 years of his life, in the period from 1849 to 1880, as well as compiling a complete picture of the biography of the architect of this period. Results. The paper presents the results of work on the first identified archival documents of the Russian State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg, namely, the personal file of Heinrich Rusch at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Documents such as a birth certificate, a certificate of graduation from the Gymnasium, an examination sheet for entering the Academy, various applications, petitions, memorandums, letters and testimonies related to the life of Heinrich Rusch and his interaction with the Imperial Academy of Arts were found. Conclusions. Thanks to the revealed materials, many previously unknown facts from the life of the architect were determined, namely the date and place of birth of Heinrich Rusch and his path while studying at the Imperial Academy of Arts, which influenced the further fate of the architect. |
| Keywords. | architect H.B. Rusch, Imperial Academy of Arts, biography, academic performance, architectural education. |
| For citations: | Mukhitov R.K., Nadyrova H.G., Khusnutdinova D.V. New facts in the biography of the famous Kazan architect of the 19th century Jacob-Heinrich Bernardovich Rusch // News KSUAE 2023 №1 (63), p. 94-103, DOI: 10.52409/20731523_2023_1_94, EDN: MXBKAH |
