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Engraver, draughtsman. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a postal binder called Ivan Kazachinsky (1774). Studied drawing at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1779–94) and engraving under Antoine-Christophor Radigues and Ignaz Sebastian Klauber (from 1785). Awarded a minor silver medal for drawings from life (1793). Worked at the map depot in St Petersburg (from 1797). Died in St Petersburg (1814).