The Balt-Klin-Komplekt company (the owner of the building) refused to say anything about the project for the reconstruction of the former apartment building.
Monument of regional significance "House of Spiridonov N.V. with an outbuilding” was built in 1904 by the architect V.I. Shenet. It is adjacent to the Malyutka Palace. Since 1920, there were ordinary apartments here, during the war the building was badly damaged, then it was restored by prisoners of war. Then the house went to the factory management of the Kirov Plant, and employees of the design bureau lived in it.
In the 1970s, the building was resettled, and for more than twenty years it stood empty, although some experts say that for some time the Novosti Press Agency (APN) was located here. In 1990, a fire broke out in an empty house, as a result, the architectural and artistic decoration of the interiors, the skylight above the stairwell, the oak vestibule, etc. were damaged. The monument remained abandoned for another 10 years. In 2000, by order of Goliam Russian Development LLC, the Eagle Group St. Petersburg workshop, headed by Vladimir Grigoriev, completed a project for the reconstruction of the building. The main work was carried out in 2001. The house has 25 luxury apartments (from 60 to 277 sq.m), as well as an office and a swimming pool on the ground floor. Housing was rented out, mainly to foreigners, including employees of the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg.
How and when the facility became the property of Balt-Klin-Komplekt LLC (considered to be a Gazprom structure) is unknown. By order of the new owner, the Heritage company developed a project for "adapting the building into an apartment-hotel for the temporary stay of one family of five." KGIOP approved it in June 2015. By the way, the KGIOP certificate states that tenants lived here until 2015. However, Vladimir Fedorov, a well-known expert on the St. Petersburg elite real estate market, claims that the last tenants were asked to move out at the end of 2008, and since then the house has been empty. “I then had to urgently look for another apartment for my client who lived here,” recalls Mr. Fedorov.
The reconstruction of the building with a total area of 5696 sq.m should be completed by mid-2019.
The description of the reconstruction project involuntarily evokes associations with the princely mansions of the century before last, of course, adjusted for modern amenities and engineering achievements. So, in the basement there is a guest area with a wine cellar and a room for storing collectible cigars, as well as a separate technical area with a server room and a heating point. The first floor is divided into a guest area and parking with technical and utility rooms. There will also be a main entrance group with a reception area, a front hall and a bathroom.
On the second floor there will be: a hall with guest bathrooms, a music lounge, as well as a fireplace and buffet lounges overlooking Furshtatskaya Street. The main room of this level is a banquet hall with stained-glass doors opening onto a terrace on the roof of the parking lot.
The third floor will be occupied by an office with an adjoining fireplace living room, a room with an art gallery, a billiard room, a cinema hall, and a storehouse for the gift museum.
On the fourth level there will be guest bedrooms with their own bathrooms, study rooms for children and nurseries. On the fifth floor, the master's bedchambers, a dining room with a private kitchen, a mini-beauty salon, a "refrigerator" for fur coats and a living room will be equipped.
Above - a sports area with a gym, locker rooms and a bathroom. On the last
(seventh) level provides a private spa-zone with a complex of various baths and a swimming pool. On the exploited roof there will be an open terrace with a seating area.
It is obvious that a building with such a set of infrastructure is being reconstructed for a specific person, and a very status one at that, and, according to Vladimir Fedorov, it is no secret to anyone that this is the head of Gazprom. “I think it is logical and correct that the company first did a lot for the city and citizens, and only after that they undertook to build a house for themselves. Recall that it was Gazprom who reconstructed Furshtatskaya Street into a chic promenade, built a skating rink in the Tauride Garden, not to mention other facilities. And I am glad that the historic house on Furshtatskaya fell into good hands.”
According to him, in its current state, the object costs about 15,000 euros per square meter of usable area.
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Little is known about Balt-Klin-Komplekt (BKK). In addition to the building at 60 Furshtatskaya Street, she owns the Arena Hall business center at 16 Dobrolyubova Avenue, which she bought in 2012 from Gazenergoprom Development. In addition, according to the compromat.ru portal, BPC and Gazenergoprom Development own Expoforum (49% and 51%, respectively). Two years ago structures close to Gazprom consolidated over 95% of Lenexpo's shares. Among the major owners of this complex: Gazenergoprom Development (25%), BKK (22.7%) and LLC Variant-North-West (20%).
History of the site and buildings.
The territory on which the study block is located became the first district in St. Petersburg to have a strict regular layout. The foundry side has retained many routes of "promising" streets and building sites dating back to the projects of D. Trezzini in 1712, when this zone first began to be populated by decrees of Peter I. According to the plan drawn up by D. Trezzini, in 1712 from the Foundry perspective road , resting against the wooden buildings of the Foundry Yard, a number of parallel passages were laid. Plots along the passages parallel to the Neva embankment, laid to the east of the Liteinaya Road, were given over to the construction of houses for artillery officers and employees of the Foundry Yard. In accordance with the plan of St. Petersburg by I.F. Truscott 1748-1749. the above passages had the name of the lines: the 1st line from the Neva, the 2nd line from the Neva, etc. Later they were called Artillery lines or Pushkar streets. Accordingly, the entire residential settlement, limited by the current Liteiny Prospekt, Voskresenskaya Embankment, Potemkinskaya and Kirochnaya streets, was called Pushkarskaya or Artilleryskaya. The route of Potemkinskaya Street was laid from Shpalernaya to Kurochnaya in the second half of the 18th century. According to Stroganov's atlas of 1804, there were two plots on the territory of the study area, numbered 613 and 614. In accordance with the detailed plan of St. Petersburg in 1828, compiled by Major General F.F. to the plan belonged to Archpriest Ivanov. As follows from the archival materials of the City Administration of St. Petersburg, by 1837 the investigated area was in the "Foundry part of the 5th quarter under No. 651, and now under No. 65" and belonged to the Titular Counselor "Alexey Vasilyev son of Vasilyev." By this time, on this side of Furshtatskaya Street, the numbering of sections was odd. This is confirmed by information from the Atlas of Tsylov in 1849. According to Tsylov's atlas, the area under study, No. 65, belonged to Nadvorny Sovetnik Aleksey Vasiliev. On the site there were one-story wooden houses with courtyard wooden buildings. Already by the 1860s. the specified site belonged to the Foundry part, was listed in the 5th quarter under No. 60. In accordance with the archival materials of the City Administration of St. Petersburg, it belonged to the collegiate adviser Matashkin. In 1879, the site was bought by engineer-colonel D. V. Pokogilov. In 1890, Pokotilov sold the land to O. F. Dzichkanets. The Dzichkanets family owned a plot of house No. 60 on Furshtatskaya Street for several years, but no buildings were built here. In the late 1890s the plot was sold to N.V. Spiridonov, the owner of a neighboring mansion on Furshtatskaya Street No. 62. Perhaps the one-story front house no longer existed by that time: in the address book of St. Petersburg for 1899 it is indicated that the plot of house No. 60 is empty. In 1904, the owner of the site, Acting State Councilor Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov, commissioned a project for a new four-story building to architect V.I. Shene. In accordance with archival documents, the project of the house on Furshtatskaya Street No. 60, made by the architect V.I. Shene for the owner of the site N.V. Spiridonov, was reviewed and approved by the Technical Department of the St. Petersburg City Government on June 14, 1904. The Technical Department ordered that the construction of a four-story stone front house on a stone basement, shown on the courtyard plan under letter A, and a four-story stone outbuilding with an attic on a stone basement under letter B, must be carried out in accordance with detailed drawings in compliance with general rules. Detailed drawings were signed on June 4, 1904 by the architect V. I. Shenet. There were four apartments in the building, one on each floor. According to the conclusion of the expert of the City Credit Society, architect D. A. Shagin, the newly built stone house No. 60, partly on a residential basement and attics in the yard, was quite strong in the capital parts. The house had a marble front staircase, very good decoration of the apartments. Due to the rich finishes of the apartments, the assessment amount was increased by 20%. In April 1913, N. V. Spiridonov sold his house No. 60 on Furshtatskaya Street to B. A. Ignatiev, an official of the State Chancellery. In September 1916, B. A. Ignatiev sold the house to two persons - I. D. Vasiliev and A. Z. Ivanov. The new owners owned the house until May 1917. In 1918, all homeowners lost their real estate. Until 1924 the house was empty. In 1926, the house was leased from a private tenant, I. A. Tsvetkov. In the late 1920s the house passed into the usual housing system for those years, under the jurisdiction of JAKT. During the war, house number 60 was damaged (fire and collapse); in 1945-1946 The building was restored by prisoners of war. Subsequently, house No. 60 belonged to the plant management of the Kirov Plant, employees of the design bureau lived in it. Until the 1970s house number 60 on Furshtatskaya street was residential. In the 1970s it was resettled, and for more than twenty years it stood empty, gradually dilapidated. In 1990, a fire broke out in an empty house. As a result of the fire, the architectural and artistic decoration of the interiors suffered significant damage. The cantilever front staircase with white marble steps and forged stair railings was completely destroyed; Burnt plaster and stucco decoration of walls and ceilings. The decorative design of the facades as a result of the fire fell into an unsatisfactory state. Repair work after the fire was not carried out for 10 years. During this period (from 1990 to 2000) the building stood abandoned, which further exacerbated the damage caused by the fire. The project for the restoration and reconstruction of the building, which has the task of eliminating the consequences of a fire in 1990, was completed in 2000 by CJSC IGL TRUP St. Petersburg, chief architect V. A. Grigoriev. For the design, an architectural and restoration task was issued by KGIOP, the design documentation was approved by KGIOP and KGA. The design solution provided for the conversion of the building into an apartment building with a developed infrastructure and luxury apartments. On the first floor, an office and a swimming pool were planned; the bowl of the pool was located in the volume of the courtyard, covered at the level of the second floor. Elevators were installed in the building, a second staircase was arranged. Reconstruction was envisaged front staircase, while the ceiling with a light lantern was disassembled and recreated in a new place. It was supposed to restore and recreate historical interiors damaged by fire. The project included the addition of three floors to the building and the arrangement of a promenade terrace with decorative colonnades in the upper part. On the upper floors, apartments of a large area and the highest level of comfort were designed, they offered spectacular views of the Tauride Garden. On the second and fifth floors, mezzanines were arranged for the full use of the internal space. Roof glazing with square Velux windows was designed on the front slope of the roof overlooking the main facade. On the side façade, facing the Tauride Garden, there was a large rectangular stained-glass window and several additional windows with the dimensions of historical window openings. The main activities for the reconstruction and restoration of the building were carried out in 2001. The facades were restored, the balcony was recreated, the vestibule and apartment doors were recreated, the interiors of the ground floor rooms were restored. The main staircase was restored in modest decorative forms, without recreating the historical decor, with the skylight moved up two floors. Restoration of fragments of the interiors of the 2nd-4th floors that survived the fire was never started, only conservation was carried out - the walls with preserved fragments of decor were covered with drywall. The superstructure of the building was completed with a new decorative solution for the upper part (colonnade) and a large window on the eastern side facade. Technical measures were taken to modernize the building (elevators, swimming pool, covering the yard, etc.). After the completion of the reconstruction until 2015, the building functioned as a luxury residential building with apartments for rent (employees of the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg lived in them).
The functional purpose of the building is an apartment-hotel for the temporary stay of one family of five people. The main functional zoning is vertical:
The basement is divided into two functional areas. From the side of the main facade there is a guest area, which includes a wine cellar and a storage room for collectible cigars. The technical zone, separated from the guest zone by a blank brick wall, includes rooms for the technical equipment of the building (water distribution device, pumps of the water metering unit, a server room and an individual heat point.
The first floor is divided into a guest area and parking with technical rooms. The entrance to the parking lot and the entrance to the building is provided through the main arched entrance. In addition to parking, on the ground floor there is a loading room and utility rooms, which are connected to other floors by a service staircase with an elevator and a cargo lift. Guest rooms, located on the side of the main facade, include a reception room, an entrance hall, a front hall and a bathroom.
All floors of the building are united by the volume of the main staircase.
The second floor is occupied by a guest area: a hall with guest bathrooms, a music lounge, as well as a fireplace and buffet lounges overlooking Furshtatskaya Street. The main room is a banquet hall, which has an elongated configuration with stained-glass doors on the long side, overlooking the terrace located on the roof of the parking lot. On the north side, the hall is adjacent to the rooms of the guest bathroom and auxiliary rooms with a pre-cooking room. Ancillary rooms are connected to other floors by a service staircase with an elevator.
The third floor is occupied by premises with a business function: an office with an adjoining fireplace living room. These rooms are located along the main facade. They are connected by a separate staircase to the upstairs "private" area. Through the hall of the main staircase, the office is connected to the art gallery. The gallery is connected in series with a billiards room, a cinema hall and two storage rooms of the gift museum, in which elevators are located.
The fourth, fifth and sixth floors are occupied by a private area.
The fourth floor includes three guest bedrooms with their own bathrooms and dressing rooms, study rooms for children and nurseries. Small ancillary spaces are connected to the children's playroom through a service staircase hall.
The fifth floor is occupied by the main master rooms: the master bedroom with two dressing rooms and bathrooms, a dining room with a private kitchen and "mini-beauty salon" rooms. There is also a storage room for fur coats with controlled temperature and humidity. In the extended part of the building there is a living room.
The sixth floor is a sports area with a gym with men's and women's locker rooms and a shared bathroom. On the courtyard side there are technical rooms for servicing the pool and placing ventilation equipment.
The seventh floor is a private spa area. The main object is the pool room. On the side of the southern facade there are premises of the spa zone: a hammam, a sauna, an infrared cabin, a cryosauna, a massage room, a solarium.
The exploited roof is used as an open terrace with a seating area. Partial landscaping is planned.
The implementation of the design solution is carried out by redevelopment of the internal premises with the dismantling of existing partitions and the installation of new partitions.
The device of three freight two passenger elevators is provided.
The main construction works provided for by the project documentation
Replacement of the structures of the main staircase with the dismantling of flights of stairs at the level of the 4th floor. Installation of a new staircase connecting the 3rd and 4th floors. Replacement of elements of the staircase with the installation of additional marches from the 6th to the 7th floors. Dismantling of flights of stairs in two sections of the floors of the 1st floor with the installation of new sections of floors in place of the dismantled stairs. The device of the opening for the passage of cars. Rear superstructure (yard wing). The construction of the walls is lightweight hollow ceramic bricks, floor slabs of monolithic reinforced concrete, the foundation is a monolithic reinforced concrete slab. In the middle part of the building, it is planned to replace the supporting structures (steel frame) of the 7th floor and install wooden frames of a complex shape. At the level of the 6th floor, it is planned to install steel trusses carrying the reinforced concrete bowl of the pool. After the dismantling of the pool structure in the courtyard, a parking lot on the 1st floor and a winter garden on the 2nd floor are planned.
Restoration of interiors and facades. Restoration methods were considered in the state historical and cultural examination of documentation at the stage of "Draft design", received a positive conclusion of the examination and agreed with KGIOP.
The design documentation includes a defective list and a restoration repair project (repair with restoration elements) of the facades and interiors of the building. The project provides for the following works: On the facades:
Repair and restoration of historical metal decor, including two cast flag holders and forged window grilles on the basement floor.
Restoration of the main façade, including granite cladding of the basement, plastering with painting, repair of the balcony balustrade railing, window opening slopes, repair and partial reconstruction of the profiled cornice.
Repair of the plaster finish of the arched gate passage. Repair of side and courtyard facades (plastering, painting. In the interiors:
Repair and restoration of historical interiors and their fragments. Repair and restoration of a wooden vestibule.
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On the way back from the Taurida Palace, we turned into some street. A boulevard was made in its center. I really liked the street. And what a name - Furshtatskaya! Immediately before my eyes, the scenario of the emergence of this name arose: Peter I ordered the establishment of Furshtat here, and later the street that had formed here began to be called by this name. Well, it turned out to be a little different. The place where this street arose was one of the first regularly built up in St. Petersburg. But under Peter I, it bore a numbered name - "4th line from the Neva River" (almost like on Vasilyevsky Island). Later, Pushkarskaya Sloboda arose here and the street became "3rd Artillery". In 1806, it was renamed Furshtadskaya - the word "Furshtadt" meant a regimental convoy. He, the regimental convoy of the Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, is located approximately where house No. 19 is now. The name before the revolution was written through "d" - "Furshtadtskaya" - so closer to the German original of the word. Most of the buildings on the street are expensive apartment buildings, but there are also mansions. About one of them, which, thanks to the courtesy of the workers, managed to get inside, and there will be my story.
The main facade of the house. The building was made in the eclectic style that prevailed in those years, and it was made very magnificently - rustication, atlantes, columns, angels, rich friezes, a large balcony. and at the same time the main house - the one in the photo - is strictly symmetrical.
In the descriptions of the house, the combination "curious Atlantes" is often found - they are really funny. But in order not to spoil the picture from the mansion, I will not show them. close-up.
At the end of the 18th century, a section of house No. 58 on Furshtatskaya Street was owned by a silversmith with such a good Swedish surname Carlson.
In the 1830s, the plot was acquired Vera Petrovna Vasilkova, probably merchant rank. She ordered the architect F reybergu project of the house and in 1838 he built a one-story wooden house. Those. as we understand, our madam Vasilkova was not too rich. However, things were not going badly, and in 1852 another architect, N. A. Sychev, built for her in the yard outbuildings - a stable, warehouses. There was a small garden between the manor house and outbuildings. In 1894, the heirs of Vera Petrovna Vasilkova, who had died by that time, sold the house to a collegiate adviser Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov. The new owner rather acquired a plot of land for development, since the dilapidated one-story wooden house located on this site did not correspond either to the status of the new owner, or to the houses surrounding it by that time. A new mansion in 1895-1897 was built by a professor of architecture Alexander Nikanorovich Pomerantsev. The architect Pomerantsev is primarily known as the author of the Trade Rows on Red Square (GUM) in Moscow. The interiors of the magnificent mansion designed Vasily Fedorovich Svinin- all, except for one - the winter garden, which was arranged by I.S. Kitner. But first things first.
Part of a Corinthian column and window decoration, clearly symbolizing abundance.
Beautiful metal gates are located on right hand from the main building of the mansion and fortunately preserved completely. For a long time, only the "NS" monogram on top was missing, but it has now been returned to its place. V
By left hand- no less beautiful lattice with a gate enclose a small inner garden.
Here is the patio.
As I said, the doors of the mansion were unexpectedly opened and no one bothered to enjoy its interior decoration. And it's worth it. Here is what the wikipedia site writes about the interiors of the palace: "Spiridonov's mansion has a masterfully thought out layout of the palace type. The front living rooms with the Dance Hall in the center are located around the volume of the main staircase. Thanks to two special nodal transitions adjacent to the corners of the stair volume, the entire mansion is visible through and through." I don't remember these nodal transitions. I just walked and looked at the beauty
First you enter a wide vestibule with three high arched doors separating it from the main staircase.
The same lobby in 1970.
The room in front of the stairs is decorated with mirrors
Until we got to the second floor, a few more words about the first. There were residential, non-ceremonial premises - bedrooms, children's rooms, dressing rooms, bathrooms. There was also a basement floor used for household needs.
The main staircase is incredibly beautiful.
Having risen, we find ourselves on the second floor, where all the architectural riches of the Spiridonov mansion are enclosed. But for now, let's stop to find out who our hero was.
(photo from sakura.spb.ru)
Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov was born in 1851 in a military family. In 1877 he graduated from the Military Law School, after which he was seconded to the Main Military Loan Administration. Then he was transferred to serve in the Office of the Secretary of State, where he served in accepting petitions for the Highest Name. Then he moved to the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property, and in the second half of the 1880s, by the Highest Order, he was appointed Trustee of an orphanage at the St. Methodius Church in St. Petersburg, which was located on Suvorovsky Prospekt. At this time he had the rank of collegiate adviser.
For his service, N. V. Spiridonov was awarded many orders - St. Vladimir IV degree, St. Vladimir III degree (1906), St. Anna III (1897) and II degree, St. Stanislav II th degree and St. Stanislaus of the 1st degree (1909). In addition, he was awarded a commemorative medal in memory of the reign of Alexander III. For 24 years, Nikolai Vladimirovich has gone through a career path from a collegiate secretary to a general's position as a real state adviser. This rank gave him the right to hereditary nobility and it was granted to him in 1906, with the inclusion in the third part of the genealogical book. At the same time, the family coat of arms was also granted. Spiridonov composed the family coat of arms himself - it depicts a lion with a torch in his paw on a black field and a shield topped with a noble crown and a knight with a sword in his hand. “The lion symbolizes strength and energy,” wrote Spiridonov in “Explanation of my coat of arms,” “the light (torch) depicts enlightenment. The knight in the crest depicts valor and testifies that my ancestors were military. I choose these emblems as corresponding to my motto - "Strength in light and valor" - and my main activity aimed at enlightenment. Indeed, his main business was precisely the guardianship of various educational structures. In addition to St. Petersburg, Nikolai Vladimirovich was engaged in educational activities in the provinces. So, in two of his estates in the Pskov province, he established agricultural schools - in the estate of Vyazye in 1900 and in the estate of Maryin Dubrava - in April 1903. In Vyazye, Nikolai Vladimirovich himself organized a school - from him she received 68 acres of land, which housed a one acre training garden with berry bushes, a fruit nursery and a botanical garden. The school was provided with horses, equipment, for practical work organized nine-field agriculture. Since October 1901, the Vyazyevskaya Agricultural School was named after A. S. Pushkin. By 1904, the school already had 100 acres. The students of the school produced bricks, drainage pipes (all school acres were equipped with a drainage system), Marseille tiles, barnyard and floor tiles. For this, American and German cars were purchased. The students were trained to work on advanced agricultural implements at that time - a steam mill, a threshing machine and a grain dryer. The school provided education within the framework of elementary folk schools. Wishing to expand the business of education, Spiridonov gave his other estate - Maryina Dubrava - for the needs of the school, which was opened by the Provincial Zemstvo. The school was named Spiridonovskaya. Officially, it was called the Government Agricultural School of the 1st category with one preparatory class and three special ones. The main goal of the school is to disseminate among the people the basic knowledge of agriculture, home economics and the crafts necessary for it, mainly through practical exercises. It is interesting that girls studied at this school.
Let's walk through the open halls ...
"On the second floor there is a suite of ceremonial rooms, traditional for a rich house. In their design, decorative elements of the main historical styles are used: luxurious Renaissance, high classicism, elegant rococo and even picturesque Moorish style. Marble interior decoration, typesetting parquets, painting make the house attractive and cozy , mirrors, tiles, rich molding. It was built for family life with modest home holidays - name days and children's trees, just with quiet evenings by the fireplace and this is felt at the entrance "*.
*en.wikipedia
This hall is called the Damask Hall.
Damask hall in the last century.
It has a luxurious fireplace.
On both sides of the fireplace are portraits of the owners of the mansion - Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov and his wife, Maria Afanasievna.
The next hall is in the Baroque style, with magnificent stucco and magnificent ceiling paintings.
The photograph is signed as a banquet hall, but I think this is already a Soviet name.
photo from www.pwh.ru
Well, this is the main attraction - the Dance Hall, the largest in the mansion. And the most luxurious.
These three windows overlook the balcony overlooking Furshtatskaya, which we saw in the photo of the facade. The one that is supported by the "curious Atlanteans").
As I said, part of the interiors of the mansion was probably designed by Pomerantsev himself, and the main ones by the architect Svinin. But one of the most interesting interiors was made Jerome Sevastyanovich Kitner(1839-1929). Around the same time that Spiridonov's mansion was being built, Kitner completed the construction of the Palm Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden, on Aptekarsky Island. Well, perhaps with this greenhouse idea, he appeared in the Spiridonov mansion, having come up with the idea of building a hanging winter garden between the house and the outbuilding. Nikolai Vladimirovich liked the idea. And so this winter garden appeared here, with an area of about 80 sq.m.
But before you get into it, you get into the Turkish room
- a kind of seraglio in miniature, turning into the hanging gardens of Babylon. Again in miniature.
photo from www.citywalls.ru
Architectural sketch of the greenhouse in the Spiridonov mansion.
photo from sakura.spb.ru
Greenhouse in Spiridonov's house. It can be seen that it is really located above the passage to the courtyard and serves as a junction of two wings - the main and right wings.
The right wing is decorated with a niche in which there is a vase with a lion's muzzle.
photo from www.citywalls.ru
In addition to the Spiridonov family itself, servants also lived in the outbuildings, including probably the manager of Nikolai Vladimirovich, Alexander Grigorievich Ryabinin.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov lived here until his death in 1914.
Then his widow owned the house, Maria Afanasievna (née Vilinbakhova) together with her daughter Maria Nikolaevna Spiridonova. Daughter married Kirill Vladimirovich Kushelev in 1909 he was a lieutenant of the II Cavalry Brigade of the Life Guards Horse Regiment, and then a staff captain, who was at the disposal of the Minister of War. Son of N. V. Spiridonov, Vladimir Nikolaevich Spiridonov, served in the Life Guards Cuirassier Regiment.
Maria Afanasievna Spiridonova, ur. Vilenbakhov
photo from sakura.spb.ru
The Spiridonov family owned the house until 1916. Then he was sold to the merchant of the first guild Ivan Andreevich Melikov. Melikov was a very large businessman and was a member of the board of many firms well-known at that time - for example, the Aramazd oil trading company, the Molot Association of Mechanical and Iron Foundries, the Biochrome society and others. All this brought a lot of money, of course. But I am much more interested in another society in which Ivan Andreevich Melikov was a co-owner and manager - it was called " Trading house in the form of a partnership on faith "S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky and K" - yes, yes, we are talking about the same Prokudin-Gorsky, the pioneer of color photography, who traveled all over the Empire and left us beautiful color photographs of that life ...
Ivan Andreevich Melikov
After the October Revolution, the house was nationalized, but for a long time it was empty. In 1924 they placed here Orphanage. In 1927-1928, the Dental Institute began to work in the mansion, which in 1935 was transformed into the Leningrad Medical Dental Institute. The mansion housed his rector's office, departments, library, classrooms. During the siege of Leningrad, a bomb hit the building. In 1944-1946, its restoration took place. In 1954 the Institute was transferred to Tver. From 1956 to 1965 - the Leningrad branch of the All-Russian Society for Cultural Relations with foreign countries. In 1965, the Palace of the solemn registration of newborns Malyutka "was opened here, which is still located here. The mansion was restored several more times - in 1965, 1983-1984 and 2004-2005.
The fate of the children of N. V. Spiridonov after the events of 1917 is unknown. According to some reports, Maria Afanasyevna was shot in 1917 or in 1919.
In conclusion, a few words about the neighboring house - Furshtatskaya 60. In the late 1890s, Nikolai Vladimirovich Spiridonov bought a plot adjacent to his mansion and built an apartment building on it. The architect was Vasily Shenet, who built a house with a white marble staircase and huge apartments, each of which occupied an entire floor. Perhaps the house was sold along with the mansion.
including used information from the sites http://ru.wikipedia.org sakura.spb.ru, www.amira-n.ru, petersburg-history.narod.ru/
Previously, the Kosmodemyanskaya Church was the high-rise dominant of the quarter, in 1937 it was “replaced” by a bakery
Artillery settlement
The current Central District was first called the Moscow side, because it was closer than others to the abandoned capital. And in this place, along the stream that flowed along the line of Chernyshevsky Avenue, the noblest people of the city, relatives and associates of the tsar, settled under Peter I. At the palace of his sister Natalia, there was even the first theater in the city. The strict grid of streets of the district with residential quarters in the form of strongly elongated rectangles and a square park in the neighborhood (the future Tauride Garden) was planned by the architect Domenico Trezzini. A few years later, he proposed a similar solution for the new urban center on Vasilyevsky Island. The typical streets parallel to the Neva were ideally suited for the deployment of military units, in this case artillerymen, on which the nearby Liteiny Dvor (at the entrance to the present Liteiny Bridge) worked. Hence the first street names - Artilleriyskie and Pushkarskie. The features of a military settlement were recognized in the area until 1917, which did not prevent it from being also the center of mansions and fashionable apartments. Until now, numerous barracks have been preserved, in our quarter there are gendarmes in the courtyard of house No. 40 on Furshtatskaya. And from the most "rich" buildings - the palace of Grand Duchess Olga (Nicholas II's sister) on Tchaikovsky Street, 46-48. The proximity of the Tauride Palace, chosen at the beginning of the 20th century as an experimental site for democratic legislative power, unexpectedly gave the area a new political bias.
The factory sells hot bread directly from its wall, like from an oven.
