Biography of Peter Paton Yurevich
Paton, Peter Y. (1734 – 02/12/1809) – architect, the son of former court mundkoha, he studied architecture under the guidance of P. Trezzini, working as his assistant for two years. In 1749, Pierre joined the famous Count Rastrelli, who was engaged in the execution of drawings for construction of the Winter Palace and the supervision of the works, and this he performed so successfully that the 10 th December 1752 on the certification of his patron, was found worthy of the title Gezel and adopted by the Office of the buildings' architecture assistant to the third class, with the rank of ensign, with a salary of 80 p. year. In 1755, AP built in Oranienbaum Theatre, two years later was elevated to the rank of "over-architect" in the rank of captain of the land, and the 11 th October 1762 was promoted to the rank of second architect, Major, 23 th November 1767 . VP has been defined in the Commerce College and 29 th March 1770 was fired from the Office of the buildings, and in 1767 he was an architect in Oranienbaum, 8 th July 1782 was promoted to the court counselor, and in 1783 – 1802 . was the architect in the Senate. He died 2 nd December 1809 "Illustration" 1847, № 5, p. 75; Sobko, "Dictionary of Russian Artists". Volume III, no. I, p. 51; List located in the civil service ranks in 1793, p. 98. A. Novitsky.