Alberto Cavos

Alberto Katerinovich Cavos (Russian: Альбе́рт Катери́нович Ка́вос, romanized: Albert Katerinovich Kavos; January 3, 1801 [O.S. December 22, 1800]June 3 [O.S. May 22] 1863) was a Russian–Italian architect best known for his theatre designs, the builder of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg (1859–1860) and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (1853–1856).