Alexey Maksimovich Gornostaev (Russian: Алексей Максимович Горностаев February 18 1808 – December 18 1862) was a Russian architect notable as a pioneer in Russian Revival the builder of Valaam Monastery hermitages Trinity-Sergius Convent in Saint Petersburg and Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki. He is credited with the rebirth of traditional tented roof architecture of Russian North.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Aleksey Gornostayev"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.