11 grade Shchadrina Anna
1716 Moved to Saint Petersburg in 1716 His father was an Italian sculptor Wanted to combine the latest Italian architectural fashion with traditions of the Muscovite baroque style
1730 Was appointed to the post of senior court architect in 1730 Was at this post through the reigns of Empress Anna and Elizabeth
The new Empress Catherine II dismissed baroque architecture Rastrelli had to retire to Courland where he supervised the decoration on ducan palaces
He was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts several months before his death
1749