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1. Answer the questions:

1. When and where was Konstantin Thon born?

2. Where did he study?

3. He also studied Italian art in Rome from 1819 to 1828, didn’t he?

4. What post was he appointed at the academy?

5. What were Thon’s early architectural projects?

6. What was his most famous project?

8. How long did Thon work on it?

9. Was the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour built in Neoclassical style?

10. Who approved the design of this cathedral?

11. Did Thon develop his projects only for Moscow?

12. What are others Thon’s well-known projects?

13. What characteristic was given to the architecture of K. Thon by A. Herzen?

14. When and why was the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour destroyed?

15. Is it reconstructed now? Do you know when?

2. Decide whether these statements are true, false or information is not available:

1. Konstantin Thon was born in the family of a German jeweler.

2. The Kazan Cathedral is one of the famous Thon’s projects.

3. Konstantin Thon and his friend Andrey Voronikhin studied Italian art in Rome from 1819 to 1828

4. In 1854 Thon was appointed as a head architect of the architectural division of the academy.

5. Tsar Nicolas I helped K. Thon to get this post.

6. In 1830 Thon completed his most ambitious design - St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.

7. Thon was employed in construction of the Neo-Russian Grand Kremlin Palace and the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.

8. The palace has served as an official residence for the Russian tsars, Soviet rulers, and the Presidents of the Russian Federation.

9. Thon’s last important projects were the State Historical Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery.

10. Alexander Herzen admired Thon’s architecture.

11. The Soviet authorities destroyed the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 1920s.

12. The fall of the Soviet rule brought about a great interest to the works of K. Thon.

13. There is a church built in 1896 after the project taken from Thon’s Model Album for Church Designs in the Orel region.

3. Make up a sentence of two parts:

1. Konstantin, born in

St. Petersburg

1. for the interiors of the Academy building on the Neva embankment.

2. He studied Italian art in Rome

from 1819 to 1828

2. that of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

3. and on his return home was

admitted to the academy as its

member and professor.

4. In 1830 Thon completed his

most ambitious design to date

4. including Sveaborg, Yelets,

Tomsk, Rostov-on-Don

and Krasnoyarsk.

5. He followed this with dozens

of Neo-Russian-Byzantine

designs for churches and

cathedrals in provincial towns

5. a renewed interest in the work

of the Neo-Russian-Byzantine

master.

6. The fall of the Soviet rule

in 1991 brought about

6. from working on other projects

apart from the great cathedral

in Moscow.

7. After the death of his patron,

the Emperor, Thon's failing

health prevented him

7. is situated in the Orel region (Maloarkhangelsk district).

8. St. Nicolas church built

in 1896 after the project taken

from Thon’s Model Album

for Church Designs

8. in the family of a German

jeweler.

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