Nevsky, 80

Until 1917

The first mention of the development of the site dates back to 1800, when a three-story house was built on this site. The building belonged to the merchant G. Panin , later the count D. Bludov († 1864) became the owner of the building. When it was in this house (along with other addresses of the participants), meetings of the literary society “Arzamas” were held on Thursdays. D.V. Dashkov , D.N. Bludov , A.I. Turgenev , S.S. Uvarov , K.N. Batyushkov , P.A. Vyazemsky , V.L. Pushkin , A.S. Pushkin , visited here. A. F. Voeikov , D. P. Severin , F. F. Vigel , D. V. Davydov , honorary members of the society - N. M. Karamzin , I. I. Dmitriev and other cultural and art workers. ^[one]

Also, the owner of the house for work was associated with writers K. S. Serbinovich , P. A. Vyazemsky , P. A. Pletnev and A. V. Nikitenko . These people were friends of the owner, and, most likely, also visited here.

From May to September 1817, V. Zhukovsky lived in the house. ^[2]

In 1837, the architect A. S. Andreev built the building up to four floors. ^[3]

After D.N. Bludov, the Narva burgher, merchant A.V. Lipgart became the owner of the site. When it was carried out a significant restructuring of the building by the project of the architect M. A. Makarov . As a result of this alteration, large windows-windows were arranged in the lower floor of the building. In addition, on the second and third floors there was a two-story bay window , a mezzanine , and the facade of the building was decorated with fine decor. ^[3]

The works were carried out in the period of 1872 - 1873, the building owner himself supervised the works. The new building was used as a profitable house , which became known as the “House of L.V. Lipgart” . At the end of the XIX century, the building housed the louvre furnished rooms and various shops. ^[3]

The work received an ambiguous assessment of contemporary specialists :

There must be certain limits for everything beyond which it is impossible to go with impunity; with all the beauty and beauty of the facades of the late Makarov, for the most part they suffer from diversity, which is redeemed only by the agility and originality of the drawing of a talented hand. Recall only the house of Lipgart, which is on Nevsky Prospect, on which there is no, what is called, a living place

- Ivan Mertz ^[4]

In the 1870s the library of the writer P. V. Zasodimsky was in the house, which was envied by A.I. Ertel . He was associated with Narodnaya Volya , in the library there were meetings of the People. In 1879, a meeting took place between the leaders of the party and N. K. Mikhailovsky . ^[five]

The next restructuring of the building was carried out in 1913-1914 according to the project of M. S. Lyalevich . The facade of the building was decorated in the neoclassical style, it is divided into two tiers: the lower part of the building is decorated with an arcade with glass windows and the upper part of the building is decorated with sculpture. The number of floors of the building has been increased - the fifth and sixth ( attic ) floors have been built on. In the courtyard was built outbuilding, intended for the cinema. The basement of the building was designed for places of entertainment, which under one name or another were located here until 2010 ^[3]

In 1914 - 1917 the building was a prestigious and fashionable place. In addition to the cinema, there was a hairdresser Bogdanov - one of the best artists in the city, ^[6] and also housed the editorial board of the entertainment magazine “ Vienna chic ”.

After 1917

After the 1917 revolution, the house remained virtually unchanged until the end of the century. By the 1990s, the building still housed a cinema (after the revolution, called October), which was one with the residential building, which mainly consisted of communal apartments .

In 1994, according to the design of architect T. M. Hasanov , an internal reconstruction of the building was carried out. ^[3] The work was performed by PetroStil under the control of Dutch architects , who praised the quality of the work performed. ^[7] The work included the replacement of all floors of the building and the reinforcement of supporting structures; Work was also carried out to restore the historic facade of the house. During the interior decoration, the latest materials and technologies of that time were used, which allowed reducing the weight of the structure and the load on the building. In particular, lightweight plasterboard partitions were used. ^[eight]

In 2001, KGIOP included the house in the “List of newly discovered objects of historical, scientific, artistic or other cultural value”.

In 2005, an examination of the building was carried out, which showed that it is in emergency condition and requires the replacement of supporting structures, floors and engineering networks, ^[9] and the cinema is outdated technically and morally. ^[ten]

Appeal of the Chairman of the Committee on Culture Nikolay Burov to Valentina Matvienko :

At present, the object is in unsatisfactory technical condition (the technical expertise carried out indicates the emergency condition of the supporting structures, the need to replace wooden floors , the integral degree of wear of engineering networks is 74%, repair and restoration work is required). In addition, the deficit of budget financing does not allow equipping cinema premises at the proper level and equipping it with modern equipment. Obviously, in the period of development of modern multimedia complexes, the technically and morally obsolete cinema “Parisiana” is not an attractive and worthy place on Nevsky Prospect

- July 2005 ^[10]

In addition, the need for re-scale restoration. In the same year, the city administration transferred the building of the Northern Flowers Association to lease and ransom rights after the completion of the reconstruction. ^[9] , the deadline of which was defined as May 2008. ^[eleven]

In 2007 KGIOP reported that the house was removed from the emergency state. ^[12] The reconstruction itself began in September 2008 , when KGIOP announced plans to rebuild the building again. ^[13] It was planned to cut off the courtyard at the level of the ground floor, create an atrium in the courtyard and build an attic from the courtyard facade. The arched opening to the cinema was planned to be blocked by gates and side gates. ^[ten]

The reconstruction was carried out in 2009 by the Northern Flowers Association, and the building became a class B + shopping and office center. The total area of ​​office premises is 3,744.7 m². ^[14] According to third-party business experts, the cost of repairs amounted to about five million dollars. ^[9] Journalists associate the reconstruction with the head of the KGIOP, Vera Dementieva , who from 1991 to 2003 was the head of the company. ^[15]

In 1913–1914, according to the project of M. S. Lyalevich , an outbuilding was built in the courtyard of the house to accommodate the Parisian cinema with a capacity of 800 seats ^[16] , which in 1914–1917 became a cult place for film professionals - art historians and journalists . ^[17] The cinema was equipped with the latest technology - telephones were carried out in the boxes, a drop-down ceiling was arranged, turning the cinema into an open-air establishment. ^[18]

After the revolution, the building housed the Sevzapkino office, which was later transformed into the Lenfilm film studio. ^[3] Around the same time (in 1923–1927), Dmitry Shostakovich worked in a cinema at the taper theater. ^[nineteen]

The cinema together with the cinema "Neva" was part of the cinema enterprise "October" and in the pre-war period was popular with the citizens. ^[20] During the blockade, the cinema, if possible, did not stop work, the only interruption occurred in January 1942 due to the absence of electricity . ^[21] In this form it existed until 1994, when it was reconstructed, after which it successfully worked, hosted festivals and competitions. February 22, 2007 cinema ceased to be a state enterprise. ^{[22] [23]} The cinema was recognized as obsolete ^[10] and its premises were reconstructed with the cinema's activity profile ^[15] . But the status of the cinema is still not defined. ^[9]