Mayakovskogo Street

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MAYAKOVSKOGO STREET, between Nevsky Prospect and Kirochnaya Street. It was built in the first half of the 18th century, and was called Srednyaya Pershpektivaya, in the middle of 19th century - Shestilavochnaya Street, then - Nadezhdinskaya Street; in 1936, it was renamed after V.V. Mayakovsky, who lived in Building 52 in 1915-18. Until the middle of the 19th century, the street remained a suburban road; in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries, it was built up with apartment houses (Buildings 25, 43 and 44 date back to an earlier period, they have been preserved without any considerable alternations). Building 21 was owned by Russian Insurance Society (1903, 1912-13, architect A.A. Gimpel); the lot 36-38 is occupied with the Art Nouveau apartment house of N.V. Chaykovsky (1905-06, civil engineer M.Y. Kapelinsky, 1908-09, architect M.A. Songailo). Building 18 housed the editorial office of journal Otechestvennye Zapiski in 1878-81, Building 5 was a home for Obstetric and Gynaecological Society headed by Professor D.O. Ott (today - Snegirev Maternity Hospital № 6). In Building 15, Central Administrative Board of State Horse-Breeding was quartered since 1843 (1834-35, architect Z.S. Krasnopevkov, reconstructed). M. Gorky lived in building 11 in 1899-1901, lawyer A.F. Koni lived in Building 3 in 1916-27, writer V.B. Shklovsky - in Building 33. Building 13 was owned by the statesman and military figure Count A.P. Ignatyev.

Reference: Вяземский С. Улица Маяковского // БА. 1969. № 15. С. 38-45.

O. A. Chekanova. Chaykovsky N.V.
Gimpel Alexander Alexandrovich
Gorky Maxim (Alexey Maximovich Peshkov)
Ignatyev Alexey Pavlovich
Kapelinsky (Katz-Kapelinsky) Maxim Yurievich
Koni Anatoly Fedorovich
Krasnopevkov Zakhar Filippovich
Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich
Ott Dmitry Oskarovich
Shklovsky Viktor Borisovich
Snegirev Vladimir Fedorovich
Songailo Mikhail Alexandrovich
Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 21
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 44
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 33
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 38
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 43
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 3
Mayakovsky St./Saint Petersburg, city
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city
Вяземский С. М. Улица Маяковского // Блокнот агитатора, 1969 Otechestvennye Zapiski (Notes of the Fatherland), journal