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Yakov Grigor'evich Bukhvostov (Template:Lang-ru) (late 17th century — early 18th century) was a Russian architect, associated with Naryshkin Baroque style. It has been documented that he constructed a number of buildings (in and around Moscow and one in Ryazan), all of them made of red brick and containing rich external white-stone decoration.

The biography of Bukhvostov is largely unknown. He was a serf assigned to the village of Nikolskoe-Sverchkovo close to Dmitrov; the village belonged to Tatishchev boyars. He was first mentioned by reliable sources in 1690, when he won a concession to build monk cells in the Moiseev Monastery in Moscow (the monastery was later demolished). After completing the cells, Bukhvostov with his people started the construction of walls and towers of the New Jerusalem Monastery in pesent-day Istra. The walls and towers of the monastery bear almost no decoration, which is not typical for Bukhvostov's style. The only exception is the Church of the Entry to Jerusalem build on the top of one of the gates. This church has been apparently started by Bukhvostov but completed by Filipp Papuga and brothers Leonty and Emely'an Mikhailov, using Bukhvostov's project.

In december 1692, when the construction in New Jerusalem monastery was still running, Bukhvostov obtained a concession to build the The Assumption (Dormition) cathedral in Ryazan, where the old cathedral collapsed. Very soon afterwards Bukhvostov got a commission from a boyar Pyotr Sheremetev to build a church in the Ubory village, close to Moscow. He failed to complete the church within two years, the requirement of the contract, and Sheremetev asked the authorities to place Bukhvostov under arrest. Under the imminent threat of arrest, Bukhvostov stroke a deal with Sheremetev to complete the church in 1696. When he failed to do this either, he was arrested, and Sheremetev, who realized that the church will never be completed, asked the authorities to release Bukhvostov. The Church of the Holy Mandylion in Ubory has been completed in 1697, when Sheremetev was already dead.

In 1699, Yakov Bukhvostov completed the Assumption catherdal in Ryazan and went on to construct a number of churches in the same city. None of these churches have been preserved to our time. His latest documented work (1698 — 1704) is the Trinity Church in Troitse-Lykovo, now within the city limits of Moscow. No details of the architect's later life survived.

Oeuvres

Besides the four survived buildings documented to be built by Bukhvostov and his people, a number of churches somewhat similar in style have been attributed to Bukhvostov in some non-specialist literature, without any documented sources, just on the basis of the comparison of the style. These include

• John the Baptist and Saint Spirit churches in the Solotcha monastery, close to Ryazan.
• The Church of Saints Boris and Gleb in Zyuzino, now in Moscow.
• The Intercession Church in Fili, now in Moscow.

References

1. "Церковь св. Духа Солотчинского монастыря с трапезной палатой. XVII в. 1688 - 1689 гг" (in Russian). Ryazan State University. 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
2. "Московский храм Бориса и Глеба в Зюзине отметил престольный праздник". Moscow Patriarchate. 2007-05-16. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. Даркевич, В. "Узорочье нарышкинского барокко". Наука и Жизнь (in Russian). 2002 (10).

Bibliography

• С.И. Вавилов, ed. (1948). Люди русской науки: Очерки о выдающихся деятелях естествознания и техники (PDF). Moscow, Leningrad: Гос. изд-во техн.- теоретической лит-ры. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

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• 17th-century births
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• Russian architects
• Russian serfs
• Baroque architects