Ivan Yegorovich Starov (Russian:Ива́н Его́рович Старо́в; 23 February 1745 – 17 April 1808) was a Russian architect fromSt. Petersburg who devised the master plans forYaroslavl,Voronezh,Pskov,Yekaterinoslav,Nikolaev, and many other towns in theRussian Empire. His radial urban master plan for Yaroslavl (1778), cleverly highlighting dozens historic churches and towers, is recognized as one of theWorld Heritage Sites.
Starov was one of the first graduates of theMoscow University College (1755–1758) and of theImperial Academy of Arts (1758–1762). He continued his education inParis (1762–1767) andRome (1767–1768), becoming apprenticed toCharles De Wailly and other fashionable architects of his day. Back in Russia, he delivered lectures in the Academy of Arts, which nominated him academician (1769) and professor (1785). Starov held the post of the principal architect of St. Petersburg between 1772 and 1774. After that, he worked extensively forPrince Potemkin, helping him to found the major cities ofNew Russia.
Ivan Starov was born into a deacon's family. In 1755 he enrolled into theImperial Moscow University, a year later transferred to the gymnasium of theRussian Academy of Sciences. In 1758 he entered theImperial Academy of Arts and became the student ofAlexander Kokorinov andJean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe. He graduated with honours and received a money grant and a right to travel abroad to study arts. From 1762 to 1768 he travelled, inParis he studied underCharles de Wailly.
In 1769 he returned to St Petersburg and designed the project of theszlachta wing for the cadet corps. For this project he was admitted to membership of the academy. In a year Starov was ranked an adjunct professor, in 1770 he was promoted to professor. Between 1772 and 1774 he headed the Committee on Stone Building of Moscow and St Petersburg. In 1790 Starov created the project of Nikolaev city next to the wharf between theSouthern Bug and theInhul rivers. In 1794 he was promoted to adjunct rector.
Ivan Starov was buried in theLazarevskoe Cemetery of theAlexander Nevsky Lavra.
On 30 March 1771, Starov married Natalia Deimdova, daughter of rich mine ownerGrigory Akinfiyevich Demidov [ru]. The prominent architectAlexander Kokorinov was Starov's best man on the wedding ceremony. On 20 May 1771, the newly wed purchased a mansion onVasilyevsky Island. In that house three sons were born — Alexander, Peter and Paul. In 1776 the family moved to theFontanka Embankment.[1]
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Apart from urban planning, Starov was a leading representative of the earlyneoclassical architecture in Russia. His major projects chronicle the transition ofnational architecture from the lateRinaldiesque baroque of the 1760s to the magnificent Neoclassical palaces of the 1780s:
TheKherson Cathedral in present-dayUkraine and theGomel Palace in present-dayBelarus are also frequently attributed to Starov.
"Старов, Иван Егорович" .Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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