Ivan Ivanovich Shaposhnikov

Ivan Ivanovich Shaposhnikov
Born(1833-06-02)2 June 1833
Died31 March 1898(1898-03-31) (aged 64)
EducationImperial Academy of Arts
OccupationArchitect
PracticeTechnical Committee of the Engineering Department of the Ministry of War
BuildingsGrand Choral Synagogue

Ivan Ivanovich Shaposhnikov 2 June 1833 – 31 March 1898) was a Russian architect and Academician of Architecture. He was the father of Theosophist Helena Roerich.

Biography

The grandfather of Shaposhnikov first came to Russia from Riga during the reign of Peter the Great, where he was a Bürgermeister.

Ivan Shaposhnikov studied at the Imperial Commercial College from 1844 to 1847, and the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1855 to 1864. He then became a teacher at the Construction School, and from 1872 at the Technological Institute, and from 1882, he was an architect in the Main Engineering Department in the Ministry of War. He was a founding member of the Saint Petersburg Society of Architects in 1870.[1][2]

Shaposhnikov rebuilt and restored the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Petergof in 1890 with Nikolai Nikonov. He also designed buildings for the Alexander Steel Plant in Saint Petersburg. He also designed the Grand Choral Synagogue in 1880, along with Lev Isaakovich Bakhman.[3][4][5]

Family

Shaposhnikov was married to Ekaterina Golenishcheva-Kutuzova. They had three children, Hilarion, Anna and Helena. He was raised to the status of nobility in 1897, with his wife and daughter.[1]

Ektaterina's family had originated in Novgorod in the Late 13th Century. Members of this family included Mikhail Kutuzov, Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, and Modest Mussorgsky.[6]

Awards

Buildings

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue, 55. 1885.[7][8]
  • Tchaikovsky Street, 31. 1873.[9][8]
  • Tchaikovsky Street, 18. 1876–1877.[10][11]
  • Borovaya Street, 23. 1877.[8]
  • Rizhsky Avenue, 25. 1880.[8]
  • 19th Line Street, 12. 1881.[12]
  • Griboyedov Embankment, 138. 1883.[13][14]
  • Grand Choral Synagogue
  • Angliyski Avenue, 18. 1887.[15]
  • Oskalenko Street, 18. Infirmary of the St. Petersburg Provincial Zemstvo. 1891–1899.[8]
  • Pryazhka Embankment, 5. A. Ilyin's Map Factor. 1896–1897.[8][16]
  • Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue, 116.
  • Komsomola Street, 22

References

  1. 1 2 Memorable Places of the Roerich Family in St. Petersburg. A brief guide. 2003.
  2. ↑ Dubaev, Maksim Lʹvovič (2003). Rerih. Žiznʹ zamečatelʹnyh lûdej. Moskva: Molodaâ gvardiâ. ISBN 978-5-235-02562-2.
  3. ↑ "addesign.ru > публикации > Большая Хоральная Синагога". www.addesign.ru. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  4. ↑ "ОКНО В РОССИЮ: ЕВРЕИ В ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ". www.lechaim.ru. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  5. ↑ "Большая Хоральная синагога, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Бахман Л. И., Малов А. В., Лермонтовский пр., 2". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  6. ↑ S. Kluchnikov. Proclaimer of the fire epoch. Story and study about Helena Ivanovna Roerich. Novosibirsk, Siberia department of <<Detskaya literature>> publishing, 1991. - P.10.
  7. ↑ "Доходный дом, Эклектика, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Римского-Корсакова пр., 55, Лермонтовский пр., 9х". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Гинзбург, А. М.; Кириков, Борис Михайлович (1996). Архитекторы-строители Санкт-Петербурга середины XIX - начала XX века: справочник (in Russian). Пилигрим. ISBN 978-5-900989-01-3.
  9. ↑ "Доходный дом М. М. Челищева, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Чайковского ул., 31". www.citywalls.ru. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  10. ↑ The Architect, 1875. Issue 10, p.118
  11. ↑ "Дом А. И. Сытенко, Эклектика, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Чайковского ул., 18". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  12. ↑ "Особняк и магазин скульптурных изделий Р. Гинкельдейна, Эклектика, Архитектор Шаламов В. Г., 19-я линия ВО, 12". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  13. ↑ "Доходный дом, Эклектика, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Грибоедова наб.к., 138". www.citywalls.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  14. ↑ Коломина, Старая (2004). Путеводитель, Санкт Петербурга.
  15. ↑ "Особняк С. К. Римской-Корсаковой, Архитектор Чикалев А. Н., Шапошников И. И., Английский пр., 18". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2026-04-16. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  16. ↑ "Картографическое заведение А. А. Ильина и Жилой дом, Архитектор Шапошников И. И., Мошинский И. Ю., Пряжки наб., 5, Александра Блока ул., 2-4". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2026-08-08.