Millionnaya Street

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MILLIONNAYA STREET [until 1738 - German settlement, until the middle of the 18th century - Bolshaya Nemetskaya Street, in the 1740-1800s - Bolshaya Millionnaya Street, in 1918-91 - Khalturina Street, after worker-revolutionary S.N. Khalturin (1856-1882)], between Palace Square and Lebyazhya Canal. Originally, it was built up with clay-walled huts and wooden houses; in 1717, the t stone buildings appeared: the house of P.I. Moshkov (Building 21, reconstructed by architect I.I. Charlemagne in the 1830s), the house of Prince D. Kantemir (Building 7, architect F.B. Rastrelli, reconstructed: in the 1800s by architect L. Rusca and in 1875 by architect K.K. Rachau), the house of L.L. Blumentrost (Building 30, architect N. Michetti), the house of Secretary of the Cabinet A.V. Makarov (Building 24, reconstructed in the 1830s by architect A.M. Camuzzi), main pharmacies (Building 4, architect D. Trezzini; in 1789-96, architect G. Quarenghi constructed a new building on this site), the house of Count I.A. Musin-Pushkin (Building 29, reconstructed in the 1890s by architects V.A. Kenel and A.I. von Gogen), the house of Count F.A. Apraksin (Building 22, reconstructed: in the 1770s and in the 1900s by architect E.S. Vorotilov for Prince S.S. Abamelik-Lazarev), the house of Prince A.M. Cherkassky (Building 19, since 1743 - so called Sheremetev "Million House"). Designs of the 1740s houses located along Millionnaya Street are kept in the collection of the Royal Museum of Sweden (the servants’ collection from the monarch"s bed-chamber F.W. Bergholz). The Marble Palace (Building 5/1) and its service building (Building 5, 1780-88, architect P.E. Egorov, reconstructed in 1844-47, architect A.P. Bryullov, sculptor P.K. Klodt) were constructed in the second half of the 18th century. In 1784-87, architect J.B. Vallin de la Mothe designed and erected Building 1 by request of I.I. Betskoy (overbuilt in the 1830s, architect V.P. Stasov), concurrently architect G. Quarenghi built the so-called house of Saltykov (building 3, in 1818, architect C.I. Rossi redesigned the western facade in the course of Suvorovskaya Square creation). In 1817-21, architect V.P. Stasov erected quarters of Pavlovsky Life Guard Regiment. In 1842-51, the New Hermitage was built following the project by architect L. von Klenze (architects V.P. Stasov and N.E. Efimov, sculptor A.I. Terebenev - see the Terebenevs). In 1837-43, the building of the Headquarters of Guard Corps (Building 40/2, architect A.P. Bryullov) was constructed at the corner with the Palace Square on the site of the manege. In 1853-57, quarters of the First Battalion of Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment appeared (Building 33, architect V.P. Lvov). In 1857-63, architect A.I. Stakensсhneider built the Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace and Master of the Horse Corps (Building 19), Reserve Palace and Stable Yard (Building 6). In the 1880s, the residential house of Guard Corps Headquarters (Building 38, engineer D.V. Pokotilov) and the Building of State Council Archives (Building 36, architect M.E. Messmacher, engineer V.M. Karlovich, today Russian State Archives of the Navy) were constructed between Winter Canal and the Palace Square. In the late 19th century, the apartment house no.23 (1878, architect R.A. Gedike) and no.25 (1913, architect I.A. Pretro) were attached to the ensemble. Artists V.L. Borovikovsky and J.B. Lampi lived in Building 12, composer D.S. Bortnyansky - in Building 9, A.A. Delwig - in Building 26, A.N. Radishchev - in Building 35; M.Y. Lermontov used to visit Building 31. In Building 23, Alexander Pushkin, V.A. Zhukovsky, I.A. Krylov and N.I. Gnedich posed for artist G.G. Chernetsov for his painting The Parade on Tsaritsyn Lug in 1831. Building 35 housed the studio of artist G. Dow, where portraits for the Millitary Gallery of 1812 in the Winter Palace were created. The French writer H. Balzac stayed in Building 16. In the 19th - early 20th centuries, state and court establishments were located on Millionnaya Street: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Building 25), Ministry of Finance (Building 7), department of His Imperial Majesty"s Own Chancellery (Building 5/1), Palace Chancellery (Building 31) and Medical Chancellery (Building 4), Udelov Department (Department of Lots) (building 5/1 and 19) and Mining and Salt Department (Building 6), Provincial Gendarme Administration (Building 32), missions and embassies of foreign countries, including Sweden - in Building 3, the USA and Denmark - in Building 11, embassies of Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Argentina and France were correspondingly set in Buildings 7, 8, 13, 17 and 27. The Spanish Embassy rented the first floor of Building 22 in 1917; in the 1920s, the Pushkin House (see Russian Literature Institute) settled in this building. The Pushkin Society met in Building 27, Old Petersburg - New Leningrad Society sat in Building 14. The Main Department for Museum Affairs and Preservation of Monuments and Scientific Society of Archives Workers occupied Building 31. Today on Millionnaya Street, there is the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport of St. Petersburg Administration (buildings 22-24), a branch of the Russian Museum (building 5/1), Lenenergo Open Joint-Stock Company (building 2), State Culture and Arts University (buildings 1, 3, 7), etc.

References: Я иду по Миллионной: Сб. ист.-краевед. и лит.-худож. материалов. СПб., 2000-2003. Вып. 1-3; Панорама Миллионной улицы середины XVIII века / Сост. А. И. Башмаков. СПб., 2002; Измозик В. С. Пешком по Миллионной. СПб., 2004.

E. G. Popova. Abamelik-Lazarev Semen Semenovich
Apraksin Fedor Andreevich
Balzac Honore de
Bergholz Friedrich Wilhelm
Betskoy (Betsky) Ivan Ivanovich
Blumentrost Lavrenty Lavrentievich
Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich
Bortnyansky Dmitry Stepanovich
Bryullov Boris Pavlovich
Camuzzi Augustin Matveevich
Charlemagne Iosif Iosifovich
Cherkassky Alexsey Mikhailovich, Duke
Chernetsov Grigory Grigorievich
Delwig Anton Antonovich
Dow George
Efimov Nikolay Efimovich
Egorov Peter Egorovich
Gedike Robert Andreevich
Gnedich Nikolay Ivanovich
Gogen Alexander Ivanovich von
Kantemir Dmitry Konstantinovich
Karlovich Vladislav Mikhailovich
Kenel Vasily Alexandrovich
Khalturin Stepan Nikolaevich
Klenze Leo von
Klodt von Jurgensburg Peter Karlovich
Krylov Ivan Andreevich
Lampi the Elder Johann Baptist
Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich
Lvov Vladislav Pavlovich
Makarov Alexey Vasilievich
Messmacher Maximilian Egorovich
Michetti Niccolo
Moshkov Peter I.
Musin-Pushkin Ivan Alexeevich
Pokotilov Dmitry Viktorovich
Pretro Ippolit Alexandrovich
Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rachau Karl Karlovich
Radishchev Alexander Nikolaevich
Rastrelli Francesco de
Rossi Carl Ivanovich (Carlo Giovanni)
Rusca Luigi (Aloisy Ivanovich)
Saltykov Nikolay Ivanovich
Stakensсhneider Andrey Ivanovich
Stasov Vasily Petrovich
the Terebenevs
Trezzini Domenico
Vallin de la Mothe Jean Baptiste Michel
Vorotilov Evgraf Sergeevich
Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich
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Панорама Миллионной улицы середины XVIII века / Сост. А.И. Башмаков. СПб., 2002
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