Muruzi House
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| Muruzi House | |
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Дом Мурузи | |
 View of the Muruzi House from the corner of Korolenko Street (left) and Pestel Street, the left side under older paint. | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | neo-Moorish architecture (Neo-Mudéjar) |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Liteyny Avenue, 24 |
| Completed | 1874-1877 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A. C. Serebryakov, P. I. Shestov |
Muruzi House is a notable apartment building – a former revenue house in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1874-1877 by architects Aleksey Serebryakov and Pyotr Shestov for count Alexander Dmitrievich Mourouzis (Muruzi) on the land that once belonged to Nikolai Rezanov.[1] The interiors were designed by Nikolai Sultanov.[2]
From 1890 until the Revolution the house was owned by Lieutenant General Oskar Rein.[3]
It is noteworthy for its neo-Moorish architecture and as a place of residence or work of a number of Russian-language literary persons:[4] for example, in 1955–1972 Russian poet Joseph Brodsky resided in the Muruzi house, nowadays his memorial museum is opened at his former apartment.[5] Before him residents included the early 20 century family of authors Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovskiy and later a Soviet and modern Russia prose writer Daniil Granin;[6] Poets' House opened here in 1920 under Nikolay Gumilyov, and Korney Chukovskiy opened a studio for teaching young literary translators under the post-revolutionary publishing project Vsemirnaya literatura ("World Literature").[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Isaeva, K., Aminova, D. (2019-09-11). "10 key places from St. Petersburg's literary map". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Хромова, Ева (2022-10-05). "Фасады исторических зданий радуют петербуржцев в День архитектуры". Neva.Today (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Ковынева, Маргарита. "История одного здания: дом Мурузи в Санкт-Петербурге". culture.ru. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Дом Мурузи едва не пострадал из-за перепланировки". Градозащитный Петербург (in Russian). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ Manaev, G. (2014-07-18). "Two Joseph Brodsky house museums set to open in Russia". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ "Даниил Гранин в Доме Мурузи – фигура утраченного времени". brodsky.online (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Литературные истории дома Мурузи". www.spbmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2022-01-17.