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The subject index / Dutch Reformed Church

Dutch Reformed Church


Categories / Architecture/Architectural Monuments/Religious Architecture (see also Religion.Church)
Categories / Religion. Church/Places of Worship (see also Architecture and Urban Planning)

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, located at 20 Nevsky Prospeсt. A monument of classicist architecture. It was erected in 1831-34 (architect P.P. Jacot). The facade of the church is decorated with a Corinthian portico containing a high relief in the tympanum and a Latin inscription on the pediment, which has not survived to this day. The church hall is located on the second floor, possessing a circular plan and capable of seating 400. It is decorated with twin Corinthian columns. The modelling was done by I. Balin, and the vault painting was made by Vasilyev. Previously the building had two wings containing shops and lodgings. In 1839, the editorial office of Otechestvennye zapiski was quartered here. In 1917, the parish of the church numbered nearly 300 persons, the majority of whom were German. In 1927, the Dutch Reformed Сhurch was closed down, the building was turned into a puppet theatre with its interiors considerably altered. Since 1936, the central part of the building houses the Alexander Blok Library.

References: Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1996. Т. 3. С. 264-265; Голландская реформатская церковь в Санкт-Петербурге (1717-1927). СПб., 2001.

S. V. Boglachev.

Persons
Balin Ivan
Blok G.P.
Jacot Pavel Petrovich
Vasilyev

Addresses
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 20

Bibliographies
Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл.: В 3 т. СПб., 1994-1996
Голландская реформатская церковь в Санкт-Петербурге (1717-1927). СПб., 2001

The subject Index
Neoclassicism
Otechestvennye Zapiski (Notes of the Fatherland), journal

Chronograph
1834


Dutch

DUTCH, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. The Dutch language is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European languages. They are Protestant and Catholic (those living in St. Petersburg are mostly Protestant)

Jacot P., (1798-1860), architect.

JACOT Pavel Petrovich (1798-1860), architect and builder, representative of the late Neoclassicism. Native of France, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris (1812-21) under the supervision of Debreu and L.I. Leba. In 1822 he came to St

Lensovet Theatre

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Nevsky Prospect

NEVSKY PROSPECT known as Bolshaya Pershpektivnaya Road or Bolshaya Pershpektiva until 1738, Nevskaya Prospektivaya Street or Nevskaya Perspektiva in 1738-1780s, and 25 October Avenue in 1918-44 so named in memory of the October Revolution of 1917

Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

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