House of kel barbarians in ligovka. Mansion of baron kelch (no excursions at the moment)

The state rooms of one of the pearls of Old Petersburg - the Mansion of the Minister of War Count Milyutin - await guests. During a walk through the rooms and halls of the mansion, the guide will tell the story of the building and its owner - the reformer, the last Field Marshal of the Russian Empire Dmitry Milyutin, who, in particular, influenced the decree on the abolition of cruel criminal punishments - lashes, rods, branding, chaining to a cart and other things.

m. Gostiny Dvor, War Minister's House, Sadovaya st., 4

The mansion of the philanthropist Polovtsev has preserved its historical interiors, on which the architects Mesmacher, Brullo and Bosse worked in the 19th century. The house contains unique state rooms - the White and Bronze Rooms, a boudoir with a bay window, a library and a dining room trimmed with leather and walnut. During the tour, guests will learn Interesting Facts from the history of the mansion, which bizarrely mixes with the life story of the South American revolutionary Francisco Miranda, Count d "Artois (French King Charles X), Ekaterina Dashkova and the life of the hostess of the house Nadezhda Polovtsova, the adopted daughter of the court banker Stieglitz.

You can learn more about upcoming excursions.

M. Admiralteyskaya, Bolshaya Morskaya st., 52

The first owner of this mansion in the Foundry was Alexander Pushkin's great-grandfather Abram Hannibal, and then his sons. At the beginning of the 19th century, they sold the building to Senator Ivan Neplyuev, and already in 1855 it was acquired by Prince Pyotr Trubetskoy, for whom the architect Bosse designed the mansion in different historical styles, they can be seen to this day. In the spring of 2012, during the restoration of the building, a cache with cutlery, decorations and awards of the 19th-20th centuries was found between the ceilings. Most of the items bore the coat of arms of the Naryshkin family - evidence that the treasure was a family collection that the owners decided to hide after the 1917 revolution, believing that soon everything in Russia would return to normal and then it would be possible to return for the treasure. Registration is required to participate in the tour.

m.Chernyshevskaya, Tchaikovsky street, 29

The Kelkh House, in the opinion of many townspeople, is the pearl of St. Petersburg. At the very end of the 19th century, Varvara Petrovna Kelkh acquired the plot on Sergievskaya Street (present-day Tchaikovsky Street). The mansion for Varvara Petrovna and her husband was built with the luxury corresponding to the position of the hostess. The front façade was designed in the spirit of the French Renaissance and faced with pink and light yellow sandstone. The interior interiors amazed contemporaries with their richness and variety of styles: Renaissance, Gothic, Rococo - no room is like another. At the beginning of June, the mansion began to be restored. The only gothic house in the city will be renovated this year. They promise to conduct excursions on an ongoing basis, but for now they offer sign up so as not to miss the first opportunity.

m. Chernyshevskaya, st. Tchaikovsky, 28

This is an inconspicuous building in an industrial area Vasilievsky Island keeps many secrets and secrets of the past. It is here, according to numerous legends and legends, that the mystical mirror of Count Dracula is hidden. The shabby walls, preserved stucco patterns, fireplaces and huge hanging chandeliers still reflect the former grandeur of the old mansion. This house is one of the addresses that St. Petersburg may soon lose forever, so you just need to have time to familiarize yourself with it. To the mansion lead excursions, and also arrange photo sessions for the suffering by prior arrangement.

M. Vasileostrovskaya, Kozhevennaya line, 27

In April 2016, for the first time, the Day of open excursions was held in the unavailable for visiting memorable places, where anyone is not allowed on a normal day. The Eliseevs' house became one of the addresses on the map of this event. In the middle of the 19th century, this four-storey building was built according to the project of the architect Nikolai Pavlovich Grebenka, who built an incredible number of tenement houses and mansions for St. Petersburg snobs and prominent figures in the city. Architectural solutions of the master have survived to this day without noticeable changes. Then the shop of the Eliseev Brothers trading house was located here, which is reminiscent of the massive display windows on the first floor. Today, ITMO University is based here and is showing an exhibition of light installations and Magic of Light holograms. So, in addition to an interesting exposition, you can get acquainted with chic interiors at

Architectural heritage of St. Petersburg: the house of Baron Kelch

The heiress of the Siberian millions built a house by her husband, the baron. And sovereign Petersburg was blinded by the brilliance of the standard interiors. There, Gothic is adjacent to Art Nouveau, and Classicism is framed in Rococo. And on a white night in the twilight of the wrong, dreams easily penetrate into reality. The history of the owners is forgotten - no meetings, no partings, there are no traces, but the mansion shines famous, not noticing the heavy progress of centuries.
Lika Janich

In the built-up streets in the 18th-19th centuries on the streets closest to the left bank of the Neva, there are (mansions) facades that delight the eye with exquisite decoration. The architect's desire to express one or another style that has gone and become historical, often having local signs - the Florentine Renaissance or the French Rococo - revived and enriched the appearance of St. Petersburg. The already bored order monotony of classicism and empire is replaced by historicism and romanticism in architecture. Freedom, complexity and diversity of architectural forms are combined with stylistic accuracy of reproduced historical styles.

Kelch's mansion is a prominent representative of this romantic trend in architecture.

A.F. Kelkha, located on the street. Tchaikovsky (formerly Sergievskaya) house 28, is located in that part of the city center, where many buildings are concentrated, built for the aristocratic and business circles of the St. Petersburg elite.

A house that belonged in the middle of the 18th century to the daughter of the merchant Ivan Brother, who held the post of burgomaster. In the 18th century, the merchant Ivan Broter buys out a plot on Chaikovskogo Street for his beloved daughter, but does not build anything ... For a whole century this land has passed from hand to hand : when it was acquired by the Greek consul Kondoyanaki in 1858, there was an unremarkable two-story house. Within a year the architect A.K.Kolman turned it into a mansion made in the best baroque traditions.

The facade of the building facing the street is designed in the style of the French Renaissance. The cladding is made of natural stone - pinkish sandstone in the basement, and yellow sandstone in the upper floors. The first floor is decorated with rustic stone, the second - with Ionic pilasters between arched windows. The second floor will be distinguished by a central bay window, which is symmetrically complemented by the right and left side windows. The right bay window was destroyed during World War II and was not subsequently rebuilt. The richly decorated central bay window has unfolded side edges

The pediment above the bay window of a developed complex shape forms a compositional unity with the attic, on both sides of which there is a balustrade, and which, in turn, is crowned with a kind of portico with a sculpture in a niche. A high hipped pyramidal roof with a small scaly pattern completes the composition of the front facade

The site has changed owners several times. In the 1790s, it was divided, before that it was a single household between Sergievskaya (Tchaikovsky) and Zakharyevskaya streets. Until the middle of the 19th century, a two-storey house with a stone first floor and a wooden second was preserved here.

The three-storey courtyard facades are already made in the neo-Gothic style. The service wing closes the perspective of the courtyard. It houses a Gothic pavilion decorated with sculpture. The construction of the new building was also carried out with the participation of the architect K.K. Schmidt, and was fully completed in 1903. A.F. Kehlha is an outstanding architectural monument of late eclecticism.

And now to the Kelchs.
Sasha Kelkh's dad was engaged in public education. And he received the baronial title not just like that, by birth, but solely thanks to the efforts made. The holder of many orders - both Vladimir and Anna, with bows and garters - in the prime of his career was awarded the baronial title and the title of "Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg". So Alexander Kelch was a nobleman not so long ago - only in the second generation.

Three brothers received excellent education. Nikolai (senior) and Alexander became industrialists, Vladimir - an artist. And they received their education at Moscow University, of which they were real students. It was this that left a noticeable imprint on the family life of Nikolai and Alexander. Students, I mean.

Let's go to Siberia for a little while. Namely - to Irkutsk. The family of the richest gold miners Bazanovs lived there. After the death of the head of the family, Ivan Bazanov, and later his son-in-law, the chamberlain of the court, Peter Sivers, the entire fortune, including not only the gold mines, but also the Lensko-Vitim shipping company, went to Yulia Bazanova and her daughter Varvara.

Yulia Bazanova is the “mother of students”, a lady famous for her charitable work. Widowed early, she was engaged in the construction of hospitals, libraries, supervised educational institutions in Irkutsk, and also followed the fate of Siberian students in Moscow. During her life, she, the owner of a huge fortune, spent about 2,000,000 rubles on charity. Just think about it - more than 2 million - this is comparable to the state budget!

Daughter Varenka followed in her mother's footsteps. And, once having gone on business to Moscow University, I met Nikolai Kelkh. Well, it's a young affair, passionate love, an almost instant wedding. All too beautiful ends quickly - in two years Nikolai dies. Moreover, no one still knows what caused such a sudden death.

Immediately after the death of Nikolai, his younger brother, Alexander, proposes to Varvara. And she agrees. And Alexander becomes the manager of his wife's huge fortune. By the way, they say that Varvara Kelkh (Bazanova) was a lovely creature. But at the same time, she was not a muslin young lady, but, on the contrary, a semblance of a well-known type - Vassa Zheleznova.

So, so - to marry Nicholas in 1892. She was widowed in 1894. And immediately jumped out to marry a second time.

And she decided - the young family will live in the most original house in St. Petersburg. For these purposes, they bought a house on Sergievskaya Street (a two-storey neo-Baroque mansion) from the Greek consul Ivan Kondoyanaki in 1896 and began its reconstruction. For these purposes they hired two architects, Vladimir Chagin and Vasily Shene, and gave them carte blanche. including financial. Considering that both architects were simply obscenely young - up to thirty, then they frolicked to their fullest. The interior interiors of the mansion amaze not only with the richness of decoration, but also, most importantly, with the unexpectedness of the interiors. Not only eclecticism, especially since each room produces a very holistic sensation in terms of style, but precisely by surprise.

All materials that were used for the work were only highest quality- Alexander Ferdinandovich did not look at the accounts - he signed them. And, it should be noted, the result was amazing.

The front building was built by the architects in two years. For this, the Kondoyanaki mansion was demolished, and a new building in the French Renaissance style was built on its foundations. The work of Chenet and Chagin did not satisfy Varvara Petrovna Kelkh.

At her request, further work on the site was carried out by another architect - K.K.Schmidt. By 1903 he built a courtyard building and stables. The architect gave the courtyard wing strictly Gothic features. The stables are made in the Art Nouveau style, which may mean the involvement of another architect in the work.

Not only the facade of the house, but also its interiors were extremely richly decorated. The Kelch family was a client of the Fabergé firm, they ordered Easter eggs, cutlery, and precious jewelry. It was in their Yellow Living Room that the famous Fabergé Easter eggs were exhibited.

By 1905, Varvara Petrovna and Alexander Fedorovich Kelkh divorced. The mansion had to be mortgaged and then sold. Varvara Petrovna left for Paris forever, Alexander Fedorovich tried to start new life... After 1917, his ex-wife sent him money. Despite the second marriage, he did not refuse such help. Apparently, this affected the fate of Alexander Fedorovich Kelkh. In 1930 he was arrested, exiled to the camps, then his fate is unknown.

On March 17, 1919, the School of Screen Art was opened in the mansion - the world's first cinematographic educational institution. Here they taught acting, directing. Since 1922, the educational institution has received the status of an institute. In 1924, one of the graduates of the institute was Sergei Dmitrievich Vasiliev, the creator of the popular Soviet film "Chapaev". The students called Kelch's mansion "Ice House". The heating in the building did not work, which forced the use of fireplaces.

In 1936, the Dzerzhinsky District appeared in Leningrad. Its main governing institution (VKP (b) KPSS) was located in the Kelkh mansion. Here the heads of most of the enterprises were confirmed, new party members were accepted.

In 1941, a part of the building with a left bay window was destroyed by a high-explosive bomb. The building was restored in 1944-1945, but the bay window was not recreated. The interiors on the left side of the mansion were also lost.

In December 1991, the building was handed over to two organizations - the St. Petersburg center in support of UNESCO and the Organizing Committee for the preparation of the 1992 banking congress. Subsequently, the two organizations argued among themselves over the ownership of the mansion. Until 1998, the Kelch mansion was empty. In 1998, the building was transferred to the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University in free use... Since then, the building has received the name of the House of Lawyer.

There is a restaurant in the basement. It was opened to raise funds for the restoration of the Kelch mansion. But subsequently, the restaurant's management did not find common language with the law faculty of the university and the institution began to work independently.

Front Staircase and Lobby.

The ceiling of the main staircase is decorated with picturesque arabesques and Renaissance stucco stucco. An elegant marble staircase with griffins leads the visitor to a luxurious lobby, decorated with sculptures - copies of Canova's works - "Awakening" and "Venus of Italy". Looking up, he will see a skylight made in the form of a stained-glass window in the same Renaissance manner. The passage from the vestibule to the state rooms is made in the form of a Renaissance arcade with arabesques.

In 2010, the Kelch house was closed for restoration. In 2011, it was decided to transfer it to the Ministry of Justice.

Canteen.

Reminiscence in the Gothic style. Wall panels, furniture, door frames and ceiling are made of walnut. Gothic wall alcoves, a large fireplace are decorated with the finest carvings with typical sculptures of this style. Narrow windows are decorated with stained-glass windows, passing through which light fills the room with a fabulous atmosphere. One can imagine what a wonderful impression this room had on visitors when an organ hidden behind the mezzanine began to sound within its walls.

A ladder leads upstairs, where the organ used to stand.

From the Gothic dining room to the oak smoking room. And again - the carving on the ceiling will jump kA-a-a-ak! There is a sickle, a shovel, and a rake. And something else very similar to a plunger. In the smoking room, of course, there is also a fireplace, as without it - copied to order. Alexander Ferdinanditch saw such a fireplace in a castle somewhere in Italy - and ordered it because he liked it. And they did it to him.

Yes, this aunt on the stained-glass window is Varenka.

White hall.

The interior design of this luxurious room is in the Baroque style. The pilasters, door frames, and the entire lower part of the wall are made of marble. The wall panels are decorated with plaster moldings in the form of compositions typical of the French Baroque.
The magnificent fireplace of light gray Italian marble, made according to the sketch of Maria Lvovna Dillon (1858-1932) in 1899 in Italian stone-cutting workshops, gives a special uniqueness to the interior. Maria Dillon is the first woman in Russia to graduate from the Academy of Arts with a degree in sculpture. The greatest fame and glory to her was brought by the monument to V.F. The fireplace in the White Hall is an earlier work by M. L. Dillon, but no less interesting. The complex multi-figured bas-relief of the fireplace "Awakening of Spring" - embodies tender feelings and happy moments of love ... Evidence of the outstanding talent of a woman sculptor.

Alexander Ferdinandovich's office. Everything is strict there. The owner of the house was very fond of the Karelian birch, therefore the Karelian birch on the ceiling adjoins peach silk wallpaper on the walls, a bookcase and a fireplace frame are made of it.

In the next room - the alcove - the rest room - the wallpaper is dark green and even those that were originally pulled up have been preserved. The ceiling is mahogany with gilded bronze inserts, a fireplace (by the way, as a rule, the window sills in the room are exactly the same stone as the fireplace. Preferably, from the same monolith). Bookcases are also mahogany.

The guide makes a slight movement with his hand - and the cabinet opens not only the doors, but also the door spaces. Caches, which are innumerable in the palace of Kelch. And behind these second doors there are not only safes, not only cavities for storing large things, but also a secret passage. In general, they say that now it was walled up, and earlier it led to the 2nd metro line.
By the way, there is also something behind that bookcase in the study!

The mansion is generally crammed with hiding places - there is also a tricky locker in the bedroom. Entering it, you can climb the spiral staircase to the second floor, go down the other again to the first floor, turn the desired decor detail - and here it is, the armored room - a huge, about thirty meters thick, meter-thick walls, safe locks (I’ll say right away, we go there They did not take it, because the archive of the law faculty, which owns the building, lives there now, they just told), but I believe.

And what did the Kelchs store there? That's right, gold-brillants. One necklace of Varvara Petrovna cost 35,000 rubles. And the brillant in it was thirty-carat, for those who understand. And there was also kept what aroused the envy of the whole high society Petersburg. Faberge Easter eggs. Despite the fact that Karl sculpted his gifts only for members of the royal family, there were, there were exceptions. They were the Duchess of Marlborough, Rothschild, Felix Yusupov and Alfred Nobel. And Varvara Kelkh, for whom the jeweler made as many as seven eggs. Why the sovereign allowed such an embarrassment is unknown, but remembering the amounts spent by the Bazanovs on charity, we are no longer so tormented by this question.

Address: Chaikovskogo st., 28
The nearest metro stations: Chernyshevskaya

The mansion of the state councilor and businessman Alexander Kelkh is considered the property of Russian culture, one of the architectural gems of St. Petersburg and an excellent example of late eclecticism.

The building is a unique composition combining styles gothic castle, Rococo, French Renaissance, Baroque and Art Deco. This applies to both the external appearance and interior solutions.

The history of the mansion

The original building changed owners and was reconstructed several times. In 1896 it was acquired by Varvara Petrovna Kelkh (nee Bazanova), the heir to a dynasty of gold miners who owned the Siberian and Lensko-Vitim shipping companies, and made an order for the reconstruction of the house. The owner did not like the urban-type manor house built by 1897 by architects Vasily Shene and Vladimir Chagin, and she entrusted the development of a new project to Karl Schmidt, famous architect, thanks to which, by 1903, the Kelch mansion received its extraordinary appearance and interior design, becoming a model of late eclecticism.

During the formation of the Soviet state, the world's first educational institution for the art of cinematography was established in the Kelkh mansion, which in 1922 acquired the status of an Institute, in which acting and directing were taught. One of the graduates of 1924 was Sergei Vasiliev - the creator of the wonderful motion picture "Chapaev".

In 1930, a nursing home was organized in the building, then the Committee of the CPPS of the Dzerzhinsky District of Leningrad worked here. During the years of the blockade, a high-explosive shell destroyed part of the building and indoor spaces in the left wing, but by the middle of 1945 the restorers managed to repair the main damage, except for the bay window and some interior elements.

In 1991, the Kelch mansion housed the UNESCO Support Center and the Banking Congress Committee, which had long disputes over ownership of the beautiful building.

In 1998, the house was transferred to the free possession of the State University, and the faculty of law was located in the building. Since then, the Kelch mansion has been officially called the House of the Lawyer.

Architecture and interior

The high hipped roof, volumetric pylons, the front facade made of pink and beige sandstone give the building an unusual and attractive aura. The courtyard facade of the mansion surprises with the fabulousness of a medieval wing in the style of "flaming Gothic", and the interior design of the house simply stuns with the complexity, richness and whimsical "fantasy" of the decor.

Behind the old oak doors of the mansion, the visitor's eyes freeze from the splendor of the design, color and luxury of the interiors: white-pink, golden, brown marble, intricate carved ornaments on stone and wood, exquisite stucco decoration, old bronze, stained glass windows shining with thick colors, unique sculptural compositions, decorating niches, fireplaces, antique furniture. Each corridor, staircase, room is unique and has a variety of design styles.

The reliefs and patterns of stair railings, columns, window frames are incredibly complex, bizarre and abundant. The walls are decorated with picturesque canvases, frescoes, embossed wallpaper made of genuine leather. The work of master cabinetmakers and carvers, stained glass cassette ceilings, cornices with gilded elements, damask panels amazes.

Against the background of the integrity of the decoration of each room, the interior decoration is distinguished by a variety of materials and "jewelry" elaboration of details. Stunning beauty multi-tiered fireplaces made of marble and labradorite are full of multi-figured sculptural compositions and bas-reliefs.

The decor of the paneled ceilings is rich in expressive carvings on dark wood in the form of foliage, flowers, garlands, among which beautiful panels with arabesque paintings and landscapes delight the eye.

Particularly beautiful are the White Rococo Hall with huge mirrors between the windows, precious parquet flooring from different types of wood and a marvelous fireplace, a French Renaissance billiard room and a stunning Gothic dining room with a huge fireplace decorated with figures of a knight and heraldic shields. Here, under an arched ceiling of dark wood, among elongated window openings with small binding and multicolored stained-glass windows, the atmosphere of an exquisite mysterious Middle Ages reigns.

Kelch's mansion in the 21st century

In 2010, the building was closed for restoration, and a year later it was handed over to the Ministry of Justice. In 2017, private excursion companies organized "tours" around the Kelch mansion. Unfortunately, today you can only enter the building with rare group excursions by appointment on certain days of visit to the KGIOP of St. Petersburg.

You can get to the wonderful house number 28 on Chaikovskogo Street in 5 minutes walk from the Chernyshevskaya metro station.

Petersburg addresses: architectural and historical heritage of St. Petersburg

The old mansion of A.F. Kelkha http://deluxedecor.ru/blog/osobnjak_kelkha_gotika_renessans_barokko.html#prettyPhoto

The old mansion of Baron A. F. Kelkh
Pertaining to the period of late eclectic architecture, it combines several styles.
These are Gothic, Art Nouveau, Baroque, Rocco and, of course, the Renaissance style.

The castle is located on Chaikovskogo street, house 28
in that part of the city center where many mansions are concentrated,
built for the aristocratic and business circles of the St. Petersburg elite.

These are facades that delight the eye with exquisite decoration, which has local signs - the Florentine Renaissance or the French Rococo - which revived and enriched the image of St. Petersburg

In the middle of the 19th century, according to the project of the architect A.K. Kolman, a mansion was built here for I.E. Kondoyanaki. Its main facade was made in neo-baroque forms. At the end of the 19th century, this building was rebuilt under the direction of architects V.I. Chenet and V.I. Chagin, and acquired its existing form. The elegant two-story facade of the mansion overlooking Tchaikovskogo Street is decorated in the tradition of the French Renaissance.

It is faced with pink and light yellow sandstone. The facade is accented with an attic crowned with a high tent. The three-storey courtyard facades are already made in the neo-Gothic style. The service wing closes the perspective of the courtyard. It houses a Gothic pavilion decorated with sculpture. The construction of the new building was also carried out with the participation of the architect K.K. Schmidt, and was fully completed in 1903. A.F. Kehlha is an outstanding architectural monument of late eclecticism.

courtyard facade

pavilion in the courtyard of the mansion

Decoration of the courtyard facade of A.F.Kelkh's mansion

service (stable) wing

The interior interiors of the A.F. The kelkha are made with great difficulty and detail. Here you can see the techniques of various historical styles: the main staircase with arcades is designed in the forms of the Renaissance, the elegant living room is made in the Rococo style, the dining room with stained-glass windows is a Gothic composition with superbly executed details.
When decorating interiors, stucco molding, sculpture, carving, etc. were actively used.

The owner of the house, Alexander Kelkh, was a gold miner and one of the richest people in Russia.

gothic dining room. photo of the 1900s

main staircase

plafond of the ceremonial Letnitsa

To decorate the interiors of his mansion, he acquired many amazing decorative and applied products.
So, for example, ordering expensive Easter eggs in the Faberge workshop in Russia,
besides the tsar, only A.F. Kelch and oil tycoon Nobel.

palace "Sanssouci"

A.F. Kelkha.
Stucco molding, sculpture, carved decor, alfrae painting, stained-glass windows, fireplaces.
Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque

top left photo: White Hall
top right photo: Gothic dining room
bottom left photo: Plafond of the main staircase
bottom right photo: White room, marble fireplace

Carl Faberge personally selected large and rare precious items for the wife of Alexander Kelch. In the house on Tchaikovsky Street there were many products of the same Faberge, and other expensive and refined items. source http://deluxedecor.ru/blog/osobnjak_kelkha_gotika_renessans_barokko.html#

The fate of Kelch himself is quite remarkable.
The fact is that after the revolution he did not leave Russia, but remained in Siberia, and worked at his factory as a simple worker. In the twenties, he returned to St. Petersburg, but could not find a job, became a beggar, sold cigarettes on the street. As a result, in 1930 he was arrested and sent to Stalin's camps.

Today, many of the precious items from the Kelch collection are sold at international auctions.

During the siege of Leningrad, the mansion of A.F. Kelkha suffered greatly. But in 1944-1945 it was restored.
In the 90s, the UNESCO Center for St. Petersburg was located here.
Currently, in the premises of the former mansion of the gold miner A.F. Kelkha houses the Statutory Court of St. Petersburg.