Dmitrii Ivanovich Zhuravskii (1821–1891)[1][2][3] was an engineer who was one of the pioneers of bridge construction and structural mechanics in the Russian Empire.

Zhuravskii attended the Nezhin lycée[1] and entered the St. Petersburg Institute of the Corps of Railroad Engineers where he was influenced by the academician Mikhail Ostrogradsky.

[4] In the beginning of his career he took part in the surveying and planning of the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway.

[5] In 1857-58 he led the reconstruction of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.

[4] In 1871–76 he took part in the reconstruction of the Mariinsky Canal System[5] He was awarded the prestigious Demidov Prize in 1855 by the Russian Academy of Sciences.