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Aesthetic of Perm in architecture

The Meshkov’s House

Street: Monastyrskaya, 11
Year: 1889
Style: Classicism with modern elements

This building is able to tells the history of the Perm Region from ancient times to the end of the XX century. The house was built in 1889 by architect Alexander Turchevich for a major Russian businessman Nikolay Meshkov. The house has a rich history. The main principle on which the house is built is an increase in architectural components from the bottom up. Today it houses the exposition of the Perm Museum of Local Lore, telling about the life of the Kama region over the last millennium.


The Smyshlyaevs’ House

Street: Petropavlovskaya, 25
Year:1844
Style: Classicism


Dmitry Smyshlyaev bought this house from the heirs of Diaghilev. But soon, during a fire on 1842, the house was completely destroyed. Smyshlyaev restored the house on the same foundation, adding a second floor. In 1857, after the death of Dmitry, this house became the property of his son. Now in this house are located library named after A. S. Pushkin and the Perm Regional Children's Library named after Lev Ivanovich Kuzmin. It is believed that this house is depicted in the novel "Doctor Zhivago" by B. L. Pasternak as the "Yuryatinsky city Library".
The Verderevsky’s House

Street: Sibirskaya, 2
Year:1844
Style: Provincial classicism


The house for the chairman of the Perm state Chamber Verderevsky was built in 1843-1844, after the great Perm fire. The architect of the project was Meisner. Part of the house was residential, part was leased to a noble assembly, restaurants and inns. Together with Vasily Verderevsky, his nephew, Yevgraf Verderevsky, an official of special assignments to the governor, lived in the house. Yevgraf was a poet, left many interesting memories of the Perm province. After the revolution, the building housed a hotel, in 1928 the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky stayed there.

Theological College — > Institute of Culture

Street: Newspaper “Zvezda”, 18
Year: 1818
Style: Provincial classicism


The building of the former theological school was built according to the individual project of architect Rudolf Karvovsky and forms a unique look of Perm. Initially, the building was residential, the theological school moved here in the 50s of the XIX century. It was an elementary school where the children of the clergy studied from 1st to 3rd grade. Today this building is known as the Perm State Institute of Culture.


The Tupitsyns’ House
Street: October 25, 12
Year: 1888
Style: Russian classicism with modern elements

The three-storey building of blue color was built according to the project of the famous architect Alexander Turchevich. Design and proportions indicate the skill and talent of the architect. The project was commissioned by Russian merchants — Tupitsyn brothers . The central location of the building in the city made it attractive for renting. At first, the railway control department was located here. But there were also living quarters in this house. In 1912, the building was locatedfor the Peasant Land Bank. In 1938, the building was occupied by state security agencies. Currently, the building houses the FSB Directorate for the Perm Region.
The Izhboldins’ Trading House
Street: Petropavlovskaya, 65
Year: 1910
Style: Modern

The building on the corner of Osinskaya and Petropavlovsk Streets, which now houses training center “The Rostock”, was designed by the legendary architect Alexander Turchevich. Before the revolution, the building housed a shop and a house of merchants — the Izhboldin brothers, whose merchant dynasty was one of the largest and most significant in the Perm province. Merchants lived on the second floor of the building, and the first floor was equipped as a retail store for selling various goods. In Soviet times, various cultural institutions were located here: houses of culture, theaters and others.
The Railway Station (Perm-1 station)
Street: Monastyrskaya, 5
Year: 1878
Style: Neo - Russian

The Perm-I station became the initial stop of the Ural Mining Railway, which connected Perm with Chusov, and then with Yekaterinburg. The station buildings of the two ends of the Ural Mining Railway were built according to the exemplary project of Schreiber. The station building consisted of 4 sections: a restaurant; a waiting room for 1st and 2nd class passengers with soft sofas; a waiting room for 3rd and 4th class passengers with hard sofas; ticket offices. There were also service rooms. Passengers escaped from bad weather under a canopy built from the side of the landing platforms and demolished in the late 1930s. Now in one of the parts of the station there is an exposition of the exhibition "Russia — my history".
The Hotel “Korolev’s Rooms”
Street: Sibirskaya, 5
Year: 1910
Style: Modern

In 1910 merchant Vasily Ivanovich Korolev invested the money in the hotel building on Sibirskaya Street. The author of the project is a provincial engineer Emelyan Ivanovich Artemov. The fame of “Korolev’s Rooms” is directly related to the royal dynasty. The great representative of which, Prince Mikhail Romanov, was exiled to our city. He spent the last months of his life at the hotel with his wife Natalia Brasova. The building has been preserved to the our days, various organizations are located in it.
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