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Postnik Yakovlev (Russian: Постник Яковлев; born 16th century in Pskov) was a Russian architect best known as one of the builders of the Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow (built between 1555 and 1560, the other architect is Barma). It is thought that he was nicknamed "Barma" (Барма) ("the mumbler"), although it ...
Ivan Barma (Иван Барма), together with Postnik Yakovlev, was probably one of the architects and builders of Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow (built between 1555 and 1560). [ citation needed ]
The name of the cathedral, which is still more common today, was given in memory of Basil the Blessed, who was venerated by tsar Ivan at the time, and after his death in 1522, he was buried near the cathedral. Ivan Barma and Postnik Yakovlev were among the most popular architects of the church.
Tradition held that the church was built by two architects, Barma and Postnik: [18] [19] the official Russian cultural heritage register lists "Barma and Postnik Yakovlev". [1] Researchers proposed that both names refer to the same person, Postnik Yakovlev [19] or, alternatively, Ivan Yakovlevich Barma (Varfolomey). [18]
However, in reality Postnik Yakovlev went on to design more churches for Ivan and the walls of the Kazan Kremlin in the early 1560s as well as the chapel over Saint Basil's grave, which was added to Saint Basil's Cathedral in 1588, several years after Ivan's death. Although more than one architect was associated with that name, it is believed ...
Postnik Yakovlev (16th century) Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia tented-roof architect and fortification engineer: Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, 1555–60; with Ivan ShirIai designed the walls of the Kazan Kremlin and, according to some sources, the Cathedral of the Assumption in Kazan, 1561–62. Saint Basil's ...
The renowned Pskov architects Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan Shirjay (called Barma) were invited by the Tzar to rebuild the Kazan Kremlin in stone. The cathedral bell tower was erected in five tiers at the urging of Ivan the Terrible and was scored to resemble the Ivan the Great Belltower in Moscow, but was pulled down by the Soviets in 1930.
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