Turmyshev Afanasiy Ermilovich (1814 — 16 (28) April 1856) was a Nizhny Novgorod architect, the author of numerous stone churches in the selos of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, and provincial architect in the mid-nineteenth century.[1]
Education and Early Career
He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1836. From 1836 to 1841 he served as assistant to the Nizhny Novgorod Provincial Architect and continued construction of the military governor's house-palace. In 1837 he designed a greenhouse in the Kremlin garden. From 1838 to 1841 he oversaw the reconstruction of the provincial gymnasium building and supervised construction of numerous private and public buildings in Nizhny Novgorod.[1]
Career as Provincial Architect
Following the death of Ivan Yefimovich Yefimov, Turmyshev assumed the post of provincial architect. This occurred in 1841, immediately upon completion of his service as assistant.[2] In the course of his duties he frequently traveled to Arzamas, Balakhna, Vasilsursk, Makarev, Semyonov, and other towns of the region to supervise private and state construction. Frequent colds contracted during these numerous official journeys became the cause of his early death.[2][1]
In 1839 he designed and built the stone house of M. Vodovozova in Blagoveshchenskaya sloboda (Melnichniy Lane, 5). In 1845 he reconstructed the stone house of merchant G. Sverchkov at 8 Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, and three years later added ceremonial gates with a small shop — an example of minor-form architecture from the mid-nineteenth century. Following his design, the Abamelek-Lazarev estate was erected in front of the Oka Bridge at Rozhdestvenskaya Street, 46.[1]
Church Construction
In the 1840s–1850s, Turmyshev designed numerous stone churches in the villages of Knyagininskiy Uyezd (Knyagininskiy district): in the selo of Pokrov (1846), in Melenki, Ostasikha, and Diveevo (1847), in Nestiar beyond the Volga (1848), and on the Strelka of Arzamassky Uyezd (1852).[1]
He was buried in Nizhny Novgorod.[1]
In 1852–1856, Turmyshev carried out the reconstruction of the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on Ilyinskaya Gora in Nizhny Novgorod (3 Krutoy Pereulok). In 1853–1855, a complete reconstruction of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" at the 1st Prison Castle (2A Freedom Square) was carried out according to his design: an altar and bell tower were added to the building.[2][2]
Sources
- temples.ru — Turmyshev assumed the post of provincial architect in 1841, immediately upon completing his service as an assistant. (archive)
- names52.ru — Turmyshev Afanasy Yermilovich (archive)