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  Postnik Yakovlev -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Postnik Yakovlev (Постник Яковлев), nicknamed "Barma" (Барма) ('the mumbler'), was the (Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)) architect of (additional info and facts about St. Basil's Cathedral) St.
However, this is probably a myth, as Postnik designed the northeast chapel of St. Basil's years later, in 1588.
According to some historians, Barma was Yakovlev's assistant.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/postnik_yakovlev.htm   (122 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Saint Basil's Cathedral Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The Intercession Cathedral, better known as the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed or St.
Basil's Cathedral, in Moscow was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible, who, legend has it, blindeded the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, so as to prevent him from building a more magnificent building for anyone else.
Saint Basil's is located at one end of Red Square, just across from the Spassky tower of the Kremlin.
www.ipedia.com /saint_basil_s_cathedral.html   (160 words)

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