The architecture of the buildings of the Russian-Chinese Bank

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of the architecture of the buildings of the Russian-Chinese Bank in Manchuria in the late XIX – early XX centuries. It provides a brief excursion into the history of the construction of these facilities in Yingkou, Tianjin, Harbin, Dalian, Changchun, Manchuria, Qiqihar and Hailar. The author considers the features of the placement of bank buildings in the structure of urban development, as well as their architectural, planning and stylistic solutions. The article gives information about the architects and engineers involved in the construction of the buildings of the Russian-Chinese Bank. It presents the ranking of buildings, which allowed the author to establish the general principles of the space-planning and decorative design of the buildings of the branches of the Russian-Chinese Bank in the cities of Manchuria.