The building of the Kirov District Council (originally the House of Soviets of the Moscow-Narva District of Leningrad ), which is still occupied by the district administration, is one of the elements of the district’s public center formed on the basis of the general reconstruction plan drawn up in 1924 by L. A. Ilyin . It was erected by the architect N. A. Trotsky in 1930-1935 along the southern border of the square of the same name , on which in 1938 a monument to S. M. Kirov by the sculptor N. V. Tomsky (architect N. A. Trotsky) was erected. One of the brightest manifestations of the Leningrad avant-garde .
| Administrative building | |
| Kirov District Council | |
|---|---|
| House of Soviets of the Moscow-Narva region | |
 Building in May 2017 | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | St. Petersburg , Stachek ave. , 18 |
| Architectural style | constructivism |
| Building | 1930-1935 |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 781210002130006 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
| condition | Administration of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg |
| Site | kirovsky-spb.ru |
The first building of this type in Leningrad, the building comprised regional authorities, cultural institutions, a bank, a post office and a meeting room. A variety of functions dictated an asymmetric structure. The main four-story building building is elongated along the square, aiming for a 50-meter rectangular tower with a comb of balconies, which has become the high-rise dominant of the area. This 11-story tower, crowned with an incised cube with giant sickle and hammer , is a reference to traditional European town halls , while at the same time, with its jagged silhouette, it resembles the Moscow buildings of the teacher N. A. Trotsky - I. A. Fomin .
sign on the administration building, Kirovsky district
and tablets over the years.
Three perpendicular wings extend from the main building, connected by long galleries on the pillars. The semicircular end from the left edge rhymes with an ellipsoidal assembly hall (subsequently, in 1958 , reconstructed as a movie theater) overlooking Stachek Avenue . The dining room, occupying a squat cylindrical volume, is taken out into the courtyard.
The use of a monolithic reinforced concrete frame made it possible to create full-fledged tape glazing, transitioning from the main building to a semicircular protrusion on the left, resulting in window lengths of up to 120 m. Pylons with a wide pitch were used on the ground floor of the main facade, creating the illusion of a “house on stilts”; long horizons are divided by a rectangular two-story sketchy portico (previously the sculptural group “Worker, Peasant and Red Army Man” by V. A. Sinaisky was installed on it, later dismantled).
Currently, the building continues to serve as the community center of the district. It houses the Administration of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg , the post office , ext. Sberbank office, other regional institutions. Cinema "Progress" is under reconstruction.
Gallery
See also
Vanguard in the architecture of Leningrad
NKPS building
Literature
- Kirikov B.M., Stiglitz M.S. Architecture of the Leningrad avant-garde. Guide. - SPb. : Kolo , 2009 .-- 312 p. - ISBN 978-5-901841-49-5 .
- Kurbatov Yu. I. Petrograd - Leningrad - St. Petersburg: Architectural and urban planning lessons. - SPb. : Art-SPb, 2008. - S. 34. - ISBN 978-5-210-01622-5 .