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Vasily Alexandrovich Kenel (Russian: Василий Александрович Кенель, 1834–1893) was a Russian Empire architect.

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Vasily Kenel
Василий Александрович Кенель
Vasily Alexandrovich Kenel
Born	(1834-02-07)February 7, 1834
Died	November 28, 1893(1893-11-28) (aged 59)
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1868)
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1860)
Known for	Architecture
Notable work	Ciniselli Circus Building
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He studied in the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, where Konstantin Thon was his teacher. In 1860 he was sent by the academy abroad as a pensioner for 4 years, where he worked at capturing images from nature and the figures found at the Pompeii ruins. For the foreign works he was honored with the title of academician. From 1875 Kenel was the architect of the Academy of Fine Arts for 15 years; during this time he erected several large buildings with workshops. At Saint Petersburg he built the Ciniselli Circus and many houses.

In the declining years of his life Kenel was the personal architect of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, for whom he built many buildings and redesigned his palace in Saint Petersburg. He was made an Honorable free member (obshchnik) of the Academy of Fine Arts.

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