Little Russia Courtyard (Malorossiyskoye Podvorye) – Naryshkin–Raguzunsky House – historical building (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / ulitsa Maroseyka, 11/4
 office building, Classicism, apartment building, 1730s construction, 17th century construction, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia), 1700s construction (1700 - 1709)

On the interior courtyard can be seen fragments of the 17th-century exterior, in particular, windows made in the Moscow baroque style. When the house was remodeled, some of the original late 17th-century chambers of Boyar V. F. Naryshkin (a relative of Peter the Great) were included in the building. The current structure dates to the middle 17th and late 18th centuries. The vaulted cellar where a cafe is now also dates back to Peter the Great’s time. In the early 18th century, there was a school run by Pastor E. Glick in the building. After a fire in 1707 the house passed to S. L. Raguzunskiy. Beginning in 1764 the house belonged to M.D.Kantemir, and later it was owned by field marshal N.V. Repnin. During this period the brick top floor was added, the lateral wings with house church were built. In 1825 the building was taken over by the Philanthropic society. As a result of restoration works at that time (1832-1833) the baroque decor of the facade was removed and replaced with the existing empire decoration with simple plaster ornamental details on a smooth wall surface. It turned it into an almshouse, a hospital and a school for poor girls.
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Coordinates:   55°45'28"N   37°38'8"E
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