Pavel Suzor
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Count Pavel Yulievich Suzor (Russian: Павел Юльевич Сюзор, French: Paul-Jules Persin comte Suzor,[1] 1844–1919) was a Russian architect, president of the Architects Society, and count.
Count Paul-Jules de Persin-Suzor was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire, to a French political immigrant and nobleman, Count Jean Baptiste Jules de Persin-Suzor (1801-1889) and Marie Laurence Stéphanie de Livio.[1] His great-grandfather, a French nobleman Jean Baptiste Persin Dubois, married Countess Elizabeth de Suzur and received the comital title through that marriage.
Suzor graduated from the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts in 1866. He started to work for the city council in 1873, and in 1883 he started to teach at the Saint Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineering. Suzor practiced Eclecticism and Art Nouveau in his designs. In 1903 Suzor became chairman and president of the Architects Society. In 1907 he cofounded the Museum of Old Saint Petersburg at his own house.[2]
There are over 80 buildings designed by Pavel Suzor in Saint Petersburg.[2][3]
Suzor paid special attention to baths
Pavel Suzor was married to the daughter of Alexander Brulov, Sofia. They had two sons: Vladimir and Georgy.
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