Luigi Rusca was a Neoclassical

Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...

 architect from Ticino

Ticino

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 who worked in St. Petersburg, Russia

Russia

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 between 1783 and 1818. He was apprenticed to Georg Veldten and Giacomo Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg.- Career in Italy :...

, then went on a successful career on his own. He left Russia in 1818, leaving his wife's nephew, Ludwig Charlemagne, to supervise the completion of his buildings.

Among the surviving buildings he designed are: the Skorbyashchenskaya Church in St. Petersburg, the Zubov

Zubov

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 family mausoleum in Strelna

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, the Nikolskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin

Moscow Kremlin

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, and the Gostiny Dvor

Gostiny Dvor

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 in Podil

Podil

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, Kiev

Kiev

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Several boulevards in St. Petersburg (including the modern-day Admiralty Garden) and the Neoclassical interiors at Ropsha

Ropsha

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, Gatchina

Gatchina

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, and the Anichkov Palace

Anichkov Palace

Anichkov Palace is a former imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, at the intersection of Nevsky Avenue and the Fontanka.-History:The palace, situated on the plot formerly owned by Antonio de Vieira, takes its name from the nearby Anichkov Bridge across the Fontanka...

are also the work of Luigi Rusca and his associates.

In 1810, Rusca published an album of "standardised facades for private two- and three-storeyed houses in towns throughout Russia". Many of his designs lacked originality and were never carried out.