Princess A.N Volkonskaya's House (Saint Petersburg)

 museum, Pushkin, listed building / architectural heritage

The main house with wings. Here in the 1836-1837 years. living poet, Pushkin, AS
1730-1740-e, 1770-1780-e, 1909-1910 gg.
Author: Ing. Gvozdetskii MP

In 1727, for the Secretary to the Cabinet of Peter I, IA Cherkasov on Moika Embankment, on the site the house number 12, was erected a small stone building. Ivan Antonovich Cherkasov, who began his service in the capital city clerk at A. Makarov, a secret cabinet secretary Peter I, built his house, probably no later than 1727

Starting a career in St. Petersburg in 1712, during those years he did not dream of such a dwelling, referring to the king with petitions for a raise salaries, "Winter, Sir, come and put himself and his family had nothing, houses collapsed, and correct it and nothing is warm. " Over time, Peter praised his ability and zeal, granted him in 1723 villages with fortified spirits. Only then Cherkasova an opportunity to acquire a large three-story house on the Moika Canal, made by a contemporary, "wholly of Dutch brick."
"The Admiralty Island, for Meyu (sink) river, against the old winter palace stands a stone house of three apartments (three floors) of the former cabinet secretary Ivan Cherkasov, with all houses have stone vaults and other wooden building has to be sold" - report, "St. Petersburg Gazette" in 1737

Later, in the 1740s. Under Elizabeth, when an important dignitary Cherkasov, the house was rebuilt. In 1762, there lived Biron, the favorite of Anna Ivanovna, - had already disgraced, dismissed from public affairs.

At the beginning of the XIX century, there was another reorganization of the building that has changed its architecture, especially the facade.
In 1806 the house passed into the possession of the Princes Volkonsky. In 1826, Sergei G. Volkonsky as one of the leaders of the Southern Society of Decembrists was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

Since mid-1830. mistress of the house was Sophia G. Volkonskaia sister Decembrist. After his exile Sergei G. family split up, Volkonsky started to take an apartment for rent.

September 12, 1836 his family moved here Pushkin. The contract for hiring the apartment said: "He hired me, Pushkin ... all from one gate to the other ground floor rooms consisting of eleven with the services, such as the kitchen and in her room in the basement, went up into the yard to the right, at the stables six stalls, barn, hayloft ... "

(KD Halturin Architect, working in 1973 on the project of restoration of architectural and domestic interior of the apartment, Pushkin drew attention to an error of the scribe in the punctuation in the text of the treaty for a long time, distort the true location of the kitchen. In fact, kitchen was not in the yard, and directly under the pantry Pushkin's apartment).

After the tragic death of the poet of his home during the XIX century, constantly changed hands. Owners of the rooms in turn became the Noble Land Bank, Office of the control of Nikolaev railway gendarmes secret service ...

In 1925 Pushkin apartment museum was created. But by the time of Pushkin's apartment did not exist: the restructuring of the building in 1910 was destroyed by a grand staircase in the middle of the apartment was a long corridor, the new stairs are two rooms separated from the rest of the apartment. The basis of the museum went to plan, Zhukovsky made in February 1837, after the death of the poet. Zhukovsky wanted to keep at least on paper type and layout of Pushkin's apartment. True, a Zhukovsky recorded only arrangement of rooms and almost nothing is said about how they looked.

In 1937, the centenary of the death of Pushkin, Zhukovsky on the basis of the plan were restored seven rooms of Pushkin's apartment in their original layout. In 1965, the cabinet is not only a poet, but other rooms are as they were, or could be in Pushkin's life.
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In the house of Princess AN Volkonskaya to nab. Moika River "at the Stables Bridge" Pushkin family rented an apartment from autumn 1836

After the death of the poet's house was reconstructed several times. Changed significantly and architectural appearance of the apartment. In autumn 1924, the former Pushkin's apartment were transferred to the Pushkin circle of society "Old Petersburg", and began work on its reconstruction, continued in subsequent years.

February 10, 1925 in the restored office of the poet's meeting was held on the anniversary of the death of Alexander Pushkin. The first museum was opened in several rooms of February 13, 1927
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