Ukrainian Baroque: Stepan Kovnir

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1995.

A film-portrait dedicated to the life and creative path of Stepan Demyanovich Kovnir - a Ukrainian architect of the 18th century, a master of Ukrainian Baroque.

On the video: views of Kyiv, the Dnipro River, diverse architecture of the capital; detailed shooting of the architecture of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, various plans.

Reference: Stepan Kovnir worked at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra for almost 40 years, creating numerous buildings of its complex, including the bell towers, the Kovnir building and the Klovsky Palace. He started as a bricklayer, later becoming a master of stone construction. His work completed the formation of the architectural ensemble of the Lavra.