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Malaya Dmitrovka Street located in the Tverskoy District in the center of Moscow, traces its rich history back to the 15th century, when craft neighborhoods were located here. In the 19th century, Malaya Dmitrovka started to fill up with rich mansions in Neo-Classicist and Empire styles, turning into a fashionable promenade. Today, it is one of the most picturesque and fascinating streets in Moscow.
When walking there, do pay attention to the two-story dark green house that now stands under number 14. Its history is traced back to the first half of the 19th century, when Dmitrovskaya Sloboda (neighborhood) was being quickly populated by various merchants moving there. In 1806, commoner Daniil Muratov replaced old wooden housing with a long residential building that had two chambers. As the city’s environment developed, the former commoner neighborhood gradually gave way to a more prestigious residential areas. Social status of its inhabitants also changed. In the 1830s, Court Advisor’s wife Elizaveta Barsheva changed the property’s asymmetrical layout so that service buildings that used to occupy its south-east and north-east corners now were formed an inner courtyard. Her husband S. I. Barshev, Dean of the Moscow University Law School, liked holding receptions for his university colleagues, so the mansion turned into a professional club of sorts.
In the late 1840s, a small stone annex was appended to the main building from the south, with a service wing built close by. Thirty years later, merchant couple Andrey and Varvara Alekseevs bought the property. In their time, a large garden featuring gazebos and a greenhouse appeared behind the residential building. The estate itself keeps to the tradition with the meetings of amateur cyclists society founded by, among others, engineer Vladimir Shukhov, taking place there.
The mansion was thoroughly rebuilt in 1893: under architect Ignaty Zalessky’s oversight, cylindrical vaults on the main building’s first floor were replaced with wooden ceilings, the lining on old ovens was replaced, and stone stairs were installed in the outbuilding instead of wooden ones. At the turn of the 20th century, the mansion was accommodating the Moscow Credit Society; in 1904, the property got central sewage.
After the Revolution, its residential buildings were used for communal living. The single-story building with a mezzanine in the center of the property was demolished in the 1970s–80s. Currently, the mansion houses public institutions. Today, 14 Malaya Dmitrovka is a historical element of the neighborhood’s front-facing architecture. A portico with four wall columns complements the central part of the façade overlooking the street. The three-level middle-aligned attic completes the ensemble. Other façades feature rectangular windows and decorative finishes. The building layout combines corridor and enfilade room structures. Historical interior decorations surviving on the second, official, floor, include: molded cornices, corner cartouches, white tile-lined stoves, wooden doors from the first half of the 19th century.
When walking there, do pay attention to the two-story dark green house that now stands under number 14. Its history is traced back to the first half of the 19th century, when Dmitrovskaya Sloboda (neighborhood) was being quickly populated by various merchants moving there. In 1806, commoner Daniil Muratov replaced old wooden housing with a long residential building that had two chambers. As the city’s environment developed, the former commoner neighborhood gradually gave way to a more prestigious residential areas. Social status of its inhabitants also changed. In the 1830s, Court Advisor’s wife Elizaveta Barsheva changed the property’s asymmetrical layout so that service buildings that used to occupy its south-east and north-east corners now were formed an inner courtyard. Her husband S. I. Barshev, Dean of the Moscow University Law School, liked holding receptions for his university colleagues, so the mansion turned into a professional club of sorts.
In the late 1840s, a small stone annex was appended to the main building from the south, with a service wing built close by. Thirty years later, merchant couple Andrey and Varvara Alekseevs bought the property. In their time, a large garden featuring gazebos and a greenhouse appeared behind the residential building. The estate itself keeps to the tradition with the meetings of amateur cyclists society founded by, among others, engineer Vladimir Shukhov, taking place there.
The mansion was thoroughly rebuilt in 1893: under architect Ignaty Zalessky’s oversight, cylindrical vaults on the main building’s first floor were replaced with wooden ceilings, the lining on old ovens was replaced, and stone stairs were installed in the outbuilding instead of wooden ones. At the turn of the 20th century, the mansion was accommodating the Moscow Credit Society; in 1904, the property got central sewage.
After the Revolution, its residential buildings were used for communal living. The single-story building with a mezzanine in the center of the property was demolished in the 1970s–80s. Currently, the mansion houses public institutions. Today, 14 Malaya Dmitrovka is a historical element of the neighborhood’s front-facing architecture. A portico with four wall columns complements the central part of the façade overlooking the street. The three-level middle-aligned attic completes the ensemble. Other façades feature rectangular windows and decorative finishes. The building layout combines corridor and enfilade room structures. Historical interior decorations surviving on the second, official, floor, include: molded cornices, corner cartouches, white tile-lined stoves, wooden doors from the first half of the 19th century.
