Kuybysheva Street

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KUYBYSHEVA STREET (until 1918, Bolshaya Dvoryanskaya Street; until 1935, 1st Derevenskoy Bednoty Street), located between Troitskaya Square and Petrogradskaya Embankment, on the Petrogradskaya Side. The street was named after Soviet statesman V.V. Kuybyshev (1888-1935). The road appeared in the early 18th century. Since the early 20th century, it was built up with mansions and apartment houses, including building no. 2/1, the Kschessinska Mansion (today, the Museum Of Russian Political History); building no. 4 (1909-12, architect R.F. Meltzer); building no. 5 (1912-14, architect D.M. Iofan); building no. 21 (1911, architect K.V. Baldi); building no. 22 (1901-02, architect K.K. Schmidt); and building no. 25 (1874, reconstructed in 1913-14, architect A.A. Ol). Past prominent residents of Kuybysheva Street include historian and literary critic P.E. Shchegolev (building no. 10, 1917-1930s), writer N.A. Leykin (building no. 12, 1880-1906), and microbiologist N.F. Gamaleya (building no. 5, 1915-28).

Reference: Привалов В. building Улица Куйбышева // БА. 1970. № 33. С. 36-45.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Baldi Karl Valerianovich
Gamaleya Nikolay Fedorovich
Iofan Dmitry Mikhailovich
Kuybyshev Valerian Vladimirovich
Leykin Nikolay Alexandrovich
Meltzer Roman (Robert-Friedrich) Fedorovich
Ol Andrey Andreevich
Schmidt Karl Karlovich
Shchegolev Pavel Eliseevich
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 22
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 2/1
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 21
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 10
Kuibysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Petrogradskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Troitskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Привалов В. Д. Улица Куйбышева // Блокнот агитатора, 1970 Kschessinska Mansion
Museum of Russian Political History