Monetnaya Bolshaya Street

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MONETNAYA BOLSHAYA STREET, between Kronverkskaya Street and Chapaeva Street. In the second half of the 18th century it was Third Matveevskaya Street (after St. Matthew’s Church), since the late 18th century - Ospenny Lane (Ospennaya Street) and Second Monetnaya Street. The modern name was given in the 1830s after the settlement of workers of the Mint - coiners ("monetchiki"), who used to live there. In 1922-91, it was called Skorokhodova Street - after the first Chairman of Petrograd Executive Committee of the District Soviet of People"s Deputies A.K. Skorokhodov (1880-1919). The majority of buildings date back to the late 19th - 20th centuries: Building 18 (1915, architect Y.G. Gevirtz), Building 22 (1908, architect A.I. Balinsky), Building 23 (1910, architect N.A. Vitashevsky), Building 27 (1903, technician N.N. Klimenko). Buildings owned by Master of the Horse Prince K.A. Gorchakov, the son of Prince A.M. Gorchakov, are of special cultural and historical interest: Building 17 (1893-95, military engineer N.A. Arkhangelsky, reconstructed in 1907-10 by architect A.R. Havemann) and Building 19 (1901-03, architect Havemann). Later, they were acquired by the public figure and entrepreneur A.N. Bryanchaninov. Under the Soviets, the buildings were occupied by Petrograd Workers and the Committee of Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1981, a wing connecting two buildings was constructed (architects J.M. Verzhbitsky, L.I. Shimakovsky and A.L. Stolyarchuk). On the street, the following renowned men lived: poet А.A. Blok (Building 21/9, 1912), artist B.D. Grekov (Building 21/9, 1912), the botanist and geographer A.N. Beketov.

References: Привалов В. Д. Улица Скороходова // БА. 1970. № 8. С. 40-48; Харламов И. Н. Дома князей Горчаковых. СПб., 1997.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Arkhangelsky Nikolay Alexandrovich
Balinsky Antonin Ivanovich
Beketov Andrey Nikolaevich
Blok G.P.
Bryanchaninov Alexander Nikolaevich
Gevirtz Yakov Germanovich
Gorchakov Alexander Mikhailovich, Duke
Gorchakov Konstantin Alexandrovich, Duke
Grekov Boris Dmitrievich
Havemann Adolf Robertovich
Klimenko Nikita Nikolaevich
Shimakovsky Ludwig Iosifovich
Skorokhodov Alexander Kastorovich
Stolyarchuk Arkady Anatolyevich
Verzhbitsky Jean Matveevich
Vitashevsky Nikolay Arkadievich
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 27
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 21/9
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Bolshaya Monetnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Chapaeva St./Saint Petersburg, city
Kronverkskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Харламов И.Н. Дома князей Горчаковых. СПб., 1997
Привалов В. Д. Улица Скороходова.// Блокнот агитатора, 1970 St. Petersburg Mint
St. Petersburg Mint