Victor Alexandrovich Nilsen
Виктор Александрович Нильсен
The Statue of Victor Alexandrovich Nilsen
Born1871
Saint Petersburg
Died1949
Dushanbe
NationalityRussian
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsHouse of the weeping nymphs, House of the Lions, Pryazovskyi State Technical University, Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Mariupol), Old tower

Victor Alexandrovich Nilsen (Russian: Виктор Александрович Нильсен, born in 1871 in Saint Petersburg ; died in 1949 in Dushanbe) was an engineer, city architect of Mariupol from 1901 to 1917 and publicist and a deputy in the Mariupol Duma (city council).

History

Nilsen was a man of Danish and German origin.[1][2] Victor had two brothers and a sister. He studied in St. Petersburg, where he graduated from the Institute of Engineers. He began to work as an architect and engineer in the city of Rybinsk on the Volga. In 1900 he was appointed by the mayor of Mariupol Ivan Alexeyevich Popov as architect of the city of Mariupol. The predecessors were Samuel Jossipovitch Ber and Adolf Gustavovitch Emerik. The architect Victor Nilsen designed and built the Saints Constantine and Helen Church between 1903 and 1911.[3][4][5][6] The Old tower was also designed by this architect and was completed in 1910.[7] He also designed and built his two houses. A house is located opposite the city garden at 49 Semenichina Street and has the nickname “House of the weeping nymphs.[8][9] The city architect dedicated this building to his daughter, who died of typhoid fever. In her honor, he placed a face of a nymph on the house. The nymph's face is similar to the face of Nielsen's daughter, who died of typhus. When it rains, drops flow down the face like tears. It seems that the nymph is crying about the dead girl. Nilsen's other house was the House of the Lions.

In addition, he designed and built in 1911 the eparchial school (now Pryazovskyi State Technical University) . The other buildings were the Nikopol Factory School (now Secondary School No. 21) and the “Spartak” Hotel.

Buildings

References

  1. ↑ "Cultural and tourist center "Vezha", Mariupol". Igotoworld. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "About the City". Mariupol Rada. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ↑ 5 безповоротно загублених храмів Маріуполя. mistomariupol.com.ua.
  4. ↑ Эдуард ВОРОБЬЕВ: Храм – от рождения до распятия. old-mariupol.com.ua.
  5. ↑ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (english: churches of mariupol, yesterday and today), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
  6. ↑ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольская старина (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
  7. ↑ "Mariupol City Council". Marsovet. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. ↑ The Architecture of Mariupol — and the legacy of Viktor Nielsen
  9. ↑ Vikroriya Rymshan: Таємниці Маріуполя: що сталося з особняком архітектора Нільсена (English:"Secrets of Mariupol: What happened to the villa of the architect Nielsen?")
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