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Charles Cameron (1743–1812) was a Scottish
Scotland

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 architect who introduced the Adam style
Adam style

The Adam style is a style of neoclassicism architecture and design as practised by Scotland architect Robert Adam and his brothers. A book of engraved designs made the "Adam" repertory available throughout Europe....
 into Russian architecture
Russian architecture

Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were established in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the Mongol invasion of Rus, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, and Novgorod Republic, and the succeeding states of Tsardom of Moscow, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and...
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Little is known of Cameron's early life in Europe, except for the fact that he studied in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
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Charles Cameron (1743–1812) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 architect who introduced the Adam style
Adam style

The Adam style is a style of neoclassicism architecture and design as practised by Scotland architect Robert Adam and his brothers. A book of engraved designs made the "Adam" repertory available throughout Europe....
 into Russian architecture
Russian architecture

Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were established in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the Mongol invasion of Rus, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, and Novgorod Republic, and the succeeding states of Tsardom of Moscow, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and...
.

Little is known of Cameron's early life in Europe, except for the fact that he studied in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Having read his book about Roman thermae
Thermae

The terms balnea or thermae were the words the Ancient Rome used for the buildings housing their public baths.Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization....
, Catherine the Great summoned him to Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 to reconstruct her summer residence in Tsarskoe Selo. In that village, he designed the so-called Cameron Gallery with the Agate Rooms, the Hanging Gardens, and the Cold Baths. In these structures, Cameron skillfully reproduced the colorful decoration of Roman public baths. Sophia Cathedral
Sophia Cathedral

The Saint Sophia Cathedral in the town of Sophia in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, was one of the first purely Palladian churches to be built in Russia....
 was the only notable church designed by him. For the future Emperor Paul he built an extensive residence, the Pavlovsk Palace, somewhat plain in exterior appearance but dazzlingly luxurious inside. In 1799–1803 he rebuilt the Razumovsky
Razumovsky

Razumovsky or Rozumovsky is a Ukraine-Russian comital family whose remaining branch went into exile in Austria in the early 19th century....
 palace in Baturyn
Baturyn

Baturyn , is a historic urban-type settlement in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is located in the Bakhmatskyi Raion of the oblast, on the banks of the Seym River....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
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