Fanagoria barracks

Initially, in the first half of the 18th century, a small two-story house was built on the site of the current barracks for the court physician Johann Lestok (“Lestok House”) ^[2] . There is evidence that in the late 1740s the Postal Courtyard was located here ^[3] . In 1748, the building was badly damaged by a major fire. The new house was built here in 1753-1757, with the partial use of old forms designed by Dmitry Vasilievich Ukhtomsky, the then chief architect of the city, in the Baroque style , received rich decoration, and the central part was decorated with a massive dome. The main entrance to the building was equipped with elegant external staircases, and wings were built on the sides. The construction was intended to house the residence of the Moscow Department of the Governing Senate ("Senate House") ^{[3] [4]} .

In 1763, the department moved out of the mansion, after which it was empty for several years until the Moscow branch of the Confiscation Office was located there. A few years later, the building fell into the hands of a dignitary, Alexander Andreevich Bezborodko , who, after partial restructuring, donated it to the heir to the throne, Pavel I ^[2] .

The fire of 1812 did not spare the mansion, and in 1827 the imperial family invited Osip Ivanovich Beauvais to restore it. The architect connected the side wings with the main building, decorating the facade in a strict and solemn Empire style. The central risalit ended with a stucco frieze and a strict pediment, the previous dome was not restored ^{[2] [3]} . Later, in 1830–67, the building housed the “juvenile department” of the First Moscow Cadet Corps , and in 1867–85, the Teacher Seminary of the Military Department ^[3] .

After 1885, the building was converted into the barracks of the Trinity-Sergius Reserve Battalion, and in 1910 (according to other sources, in 1911) the Fanagori Suvorov Grenadier Regiment was stationed in it, by whose name they received the name of the barracks. According to contemporaries, the Fanagoria regiment came here at the whim of military officials: once Nicholas II, in conversation with the commander of the Moscow military district, asked where the famous Fanagoria regiment was lodged, to which he, believing to flatter the emperor, replied: “Of course, in Moscow.” After that, the regiment, which had been stationed in Yaroslavl for 20 years, had to be hastily transferred to Moscow ^[4] .

In 1917, the 1st-4th companies of the Scooter Reserve Battalion lodged in the barracks ^{[3] [2]} . With the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, the barracks remained in the use of the military department. Since 1932, the Military Chemical Academy (hereinafter referred to as the Military Academy of Chemical Protection) was located here, and in 2006 moved to Kostroma. In the 1930s, the building was partially built up. In the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s, restoration work was carried out ^{[2] [5]} .

As of 2012, the Fanagoria barracks were located in the closed territory of the federal state institution “ 27th Scientific Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ”.

At the beginning of July 2012, it became known that reconstruction of the barracks building without coordination with the Department of Cultural Heritage of the city of Moscow was begun, window and door frames, and internal structures were partially dismantled. According to eyewitnesses, mountains of construction debris are taken out of the reconstruction zone, among which are “ancient window and doorways” ^[2] . Concern about what was happening was expressed by the public organization Arkhnadzor , which sent an appeal to the Minister of Defense of Russia A. E. Serdyukov ^[6] . Representatives of the Moscow City Heritage were not allowed into the territory of the barracks, after which this department sent an official letter to the military prosecutor's office with a request to organize a joint inspection at the facility ^[5] . In November 2012, a security obligation was entered into with the owner, but the building remains abandoned. By 2015, a restoration project was developed. Only in April 2016, the company LLC ArbatStroy began work on the adaptation of the monument. In February 2017, the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow JSC “Main Directorate for the Arrangement of Troops” was found guilty of an administrative offense and brought to justice in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 300,000 (three hundred thousand) rubles for failure to comply with the order of the Moscow City Heritage regarding work aimed at preserving cultural heritage site ^[7] . In August 2017, an act of state historical and cultural examination of design documentation for the preservation of OKNs was submitted for public discussion ^[8] .

• Anton Tolmachev. Barracks vandalism (neopr.) . // vesti-moscow.ru. Date of treatment July 6, 2012. Archived on September 27, 2012.