Savva Chevakinsky

Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky (Russian: Савва Иванович Чевакинский) (1709 – aft. 1774) was a Russian architect of the Baroque school. He worked in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo. Chevakinsky was born into a noble family in the village of Veshki in the district of Tver province. In 1729 he entered the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg, from whence he was assigned to the Izmaylovsky Life Guards Regiment in 1734. At the request of the Admiralty board he was discharged for unauthorized absence from the Academy and apprenticed to the architectural company of , under whose direction he worked for seven years.

Savva Chevakinsky

Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky (Russian: Савва Иванович Чевакинский) (1709 – aft. 1774) was a Russian architect of the Baroque school. He worked in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo. Chevakinsky was born into a noble family in the village of Veshki in the district of Tver province. In 1729 he entered the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg, from whence he was assigned to the Izmaylovsky Life Guards Regiment in 1734. At the request of the Admiralty board he was discharged for unauthorized absence from the Academy and apprenticed to the architectural company of , under whose direction he worked for seven years.