Nikolaev, Vladimir

Nikolaev, Vladimir [Николаев, Владимир], b 3 March 1847 in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, d 11 November 1911 in Kyiv. Architect. After graduating from the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts (1870) he worked as an architect in Kyiv. In 1892 he was elected a member of the Academy of Arts. He was a founder of the Kyiv Art School and its director (1901–11). He designed many residential and public buildings in Kyiv, including the Bergonier Theater (now the Kyiv Russian Drama Theater, 1873), the Merchants’ Assembly building (now the Philharmonic building, 1882), the Refectory Church at the Kyivan Cave Monastery (1893–5), and Saint Nicholas’s Cathedral at the Holy Protectress Monastery (1902). He also took part in the construction of Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral (1862–96), the Opera Theater (1898–1901; now National Opera of Ukraine), and the City Museum (1897–1900; now National Art Museum of Ukraine) and designed the base of Mikhail Mikeshin’s monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).]