Vladislav Gorodetsky
| Władysław Horodecki Владислав Городецький |
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| Born | May 23, 1863 Sholudky, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | January 3, 1930 (aged 66) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Polish |
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| Buildings | House with Chimaeras (Kiev), St. Nicholas Cathedral (Kiev), National Art Museum (Kiev), Karaite Kenesa, Tehran Central train station |
Władysław Horodecki or full name Leszek Władysław Dezydery Horodecki (Ukrainian: Лєшек Дезидерій Владислав Городецький, Vladyslav Horodets’kyi; Polish: Leszek Władysław Horodecki) (June 4 [O.S. May 23] 1863 in Sholudky, Podolia Governorate — January 3, 1930 in Tehran, Iran) was an architect and big-game hunter, best known for his Art Nouveau-style buildings, namely the House with Chimaeras, the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Karaite Kenesa, the National Art Museum of Ukraine, and many others in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Horodecki was born in a noble Polish szlachta family in the Podillia region (now Nemyrivskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine). He graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg in 1890, and moved to Kiev, where he lived for almost 30 years. In 1920 he emigrated to Warsaw, and in 1928 he moved to Tehran where he died and was buried in 1930. His epitaph is humbly inscribed in Polish with only the phrase profesor architektury, which translates into English as "Professor of architecture".
One of Kiev streets, designed by Horodecki,[1] (between Maidan Nezalezhnosti and House with Chimaeras) was named after him in 1996. Historically, the street was named as Mykolaivska, and in Soviet times it was known as Karl Marx street.
[edit] His Works
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House with Chimaeras on the right
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Kenesa in Kiev
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St. Nicolas Church (Kiev)
[edit] References
- ^ "Photoalbum" (in Ukrainian). Official web-portal. Kiev municipal authority. http://www.kmv.gov.ua/en/photonews.asp?Id=20616&IdImg=793&Page=1. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
[edit] External links
- Ivanenko, Anna (2004). "Gorodetsky. Lord of Chimaeras" (in Russian). "МТ – Mir turizma" magazine 1-2. ISSN 1811-3583. http://www.mirtu.com/archiv/MT-01-02-2004/articles/ART8.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-17. Essay about Horodecki
- "Architect of the century" (in Ukrainian). Vinnytsia oblast' universal science library named after K.A.Timiryazev. 2003-05-20. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928062123/http://www.library.vinnitsa.com/publications/2003/gorodetskiy.html. Retrieved 2007-07-14. Biography of Horodecki
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