Cottage (palace) Kichkine - a building in the urban-type village of Kurpaty , Crimea .
| Palace | |
| Cottage Kichkine | |
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| A country | Russia / Ukraine [1] |
| Location | Kurpaty village |
| Architectural style | pseudo-Moorish |
| Builder | Tarasov Nikolay Georgievich |
| Established | XX century |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 911510364520006 ( EGROKN ) |
Content
History
Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich acquired in March 1912 a plot of land on the southern coast of Crimea for the construction of a small palace on the very shore of the sea. He instructed his manager, A. V. Korochentsev [2], to purchase from the Yalta branch of the Society of Russian Doctors a small cottage, “Ai-Nikola,” located on the edge of a steep cliff. Previously, it belonged to the famous artist of the Imperial Theaters N. F. Sazonov, and then it was bought by the Society to expand the “Climate Colony for Weak and Sick Children”. To this tiny estate, only 2 1/4 tithes (approximately 2.5 hectares), Dmitry Konstantinovich gave the Tatar name “Kichkine” - “small”, “baby”.
With an order for the arrangement of the estate, the Grand Duke turned to the company of brothers N. G., V. G. and A. G. Tarasov, residents of Yalta, who had at that time a representative office in St. Petersburg . All three brothers who graduated from the Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers mainly specialized in the construction of railway structures, and Nikolai Georgievich Tarasov from 1900 to 1912 was a Yalta city architect.
In 1913, Dmitry Konstantinovich’s niece Tatyana and her husband, the Georgian prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhransky and his little son Teymuraz, had already settled in Kichkin.
It is known that together with Princess Tatyana Bagration-Mukhranskaya and her two children, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich spent December 1916 and January 1917 there , returning to Petrograd just before the February Revolution.
By the end of March 1912, N. G. Tarasov had drafted an oriental-style palace and an estimate for the construction and equipment of all the buildings on the estate for a total of 125.8 thousand rubles.
Vasily Georgievich Tarasov took charge of the construction work in Kichkin. Under an agreement with the Office of the Grand Duke, drawn up on May 5, 1912, he undertook by October to build a house for the owner of the estate, and the rest of the work to be completed by October 1913 (palace, passage to Dmitry Konstantinovich's house, kitchen and garage with services, backup walls, roads, fences, gates, water supply, central water heating and sewage).
The third of the Tarasovs - Alexander Georgievich - joined the work already at the stage of decoration of the palace. In the interior design motives of several historical styles were used: “Arabic” in the lobby, large and small dining rooms, Louis XVI in the reception room, Empire style in the large living room. These halls were distinguished by rich molding with skillful ornamentation, and the walls of the rooms of the Grand Duke were decorated with carved wooden panels.
Since by the time agreed with the Tarasovs, much of the planned was unfinished, the Grand Duke’s Department of Management invited the famous Yalta architect L.N. Shapovalov (the author of the project and the builder of Belaya Dacha A.P. Chekhov) to complete the work in Kichkin as soon as possible. Upper Outka). In particular, he was credited with arranging a convenient and beautifully designed marble staircase-descent to the sea, and together with the Feodosia sculptor L.V. Korzhinovsky, the architect completed all the work on decorating the main entrance and the facades of the palace with stucco ornaments in oriental taste.
By the end of 1914, a small park and a garden with flower beds finally surrounded the palace. The estate’s gardeners, A. Aul and P. Palitsyn, worked under the guidance of F. Kalalaida, a renowned specialist in subtropical cultures, invited from the Imperial Nikitsky Botanical Garden . Based on his recommendations, paths were laid in the park, playgrounds and flower beds were arranged, and trees and beautifully flowering plants were selected.
Current status
In 1986, a picturesque staircase with numerous pavilions and grottoes was cut in the rock on which the palace stands, its steps lead to its own beach.
Currently, the palace was given for restoration to the investor who created the Kichkine Hotel in this place. [3]
Photo Gallery
Memorial plaque
Veranda and balcony above it
View of Yalta from the observation deck of the palace
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the subject of territorial disagreements between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which the disputed territory is recognized by the international community. According to the federal structure of Russia , the subjects of the Russian Federation are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ Korochentsev Alexey Vasilievich
- ↑ Hotel "Kichkine"