Korolenko Street

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KOROLENKO STREET (known until 1921 as Baskova Street, its owner"s name), is located between Nekrasova Street and Preobrazhenskaya Square. Laid out in the second half of the 18th century, it was renamed after V. G. Korolenko, a prominent Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist, and humanitarian. Major development along the street began in the 19th century and carried on until the early 20th century, when there appeared house No 8 made of brick (1896, architect I. Y. Moshinsky), house No 14 (the Muruzi House), house No 9/1 (the Bulatov House, 1807-15; added onto in 1838, architect D. Lukini). Painter А. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva lived in No 4 (1895 - 1905). House No 9/1 was particularly important, with such occupants as Decembrist А. М. Bulatov (1825), physician S. P. Botkin (early 1860s), painter V. I. Surikov (1869), writer V. G. Korolenko (1910-15), and housing the editorial office of the journals Russkaya Starina (1870s) and Russkoe Bogatstvo (1897-1917).

References: Исаченко В. Г. Улица Короленко // Диалог. 1989. № 2. С. 28-30.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Botkin Sergey Petrovich
Bulatov Alexander Mikhailovich
Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich
Moshinsky Iosif Yulianovich
Muruzi Alexander Dmitrievich, Duke
Ostroumova-Lebedeva Anna Peterovna
Surikov Vasily Ivanovich
the Bulatovs
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 9/1
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city
Nekrasova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Preobrazhenskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Исаченко В. Г. Улица Короленко // Диалог., 1989 Muruzi House
Russkoe Bogatstvo (The Russian Wealth), journal, 1876-1918