The Governor's House is a demolished building in Baku , now the capital of Azerbaijan, on Neftyanikov Avenue .
| Palace | |
| Governor's House | |
|---|---|
 Governor's House in 1905 | |
| A country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku |
| Architect | Karl Gippius |
| Founder | Haji Neymat Seyidov |
| Established | 1865-67 |
| Date of Abolition | 2006 year |
History
The building was supposedly built in 1865 - 67 years. [1] Then this building was acquired by the millionaire Seid Mirbabaev , who leased it to the governors of the Baku province of the Russian Empire who did not have their residence [1] . The fact is that when the governor moved from Shemakha to Baku, there was no suitable building for him in the city [2] . Only a few years later, in 1868 , for these purposes “a three-story house was hired with the necessary services, a courtyard, a garden and furniture” [3] , which became known as the “governor's house” [1] .
After some time, when buildings appeared in the city with monumental and representative facades, this house ceased to satisfy the aesthetic needs of Baku governors [2] . The neighborhood of rich buildings near the unremarkable governor's house seemed to affect the “honor of the uniform” and raised the question of building a special building ” [4] .
In October 1906, a decree was signed on the establishment of the Baku city government, and this house became the residence of the Baku city governors. The Baku governor was renting another building at that time, at Nikolayevskaya, 7 (now Istiglaliyat ).
Here is how the House of the Mayor Manaf Suleymanov now describes in his book "Days Past" [5] :
| The city government was located on the corner of Naberezhnaya and Sadovaya , where the Republican House of Health Workers is now located. The building faces the sea with one balcony, the other faces the Governor's Garden. Martynov lived in the same building. Day and night, city guards were on duty at the entrance. Large gas lanterns hung above the main entrance and on the corner in front of the house, and in the evenings the whole block was lit with bright light ... |
In Soviet times, the building housed the Republican House of Health Workers [1] . In the 1920s and 1930s, it was called the House of Health Education, and it also housed the Museum of Social Hygiene. The building was built up and became a three-story building.
In 2006, the building was demolished [6] . According to Baku’s executive authorities, the need for demolition of the building was caused by the fact that it was almost completely dilapidated: “The fact is that our plans were to restore it. But in this situation, the architecture was advised to demolish it - it was not subject to restoration. If it had not been demolished, it would very soon have collapsed ” [6] . Later, a new five-star Four Seasons Hotel Baku was built on the site of this building. On September 3, 2012, the hotel’s opening ceremony was held, attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva [7] .
| Alexander Embankment in Baku in 1876. Left - Governor's House | Prospect Neftyanikov in Baku in 2012 . On the left, on the site of the Governor's House, is the five-star Four Seasons Hotel |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Kamil Ibragimov. Baku Embankment // IRS: Journal. - 2009. - No. 3 (39) .
- ↑ 1 2 Shamil Fatullaev. Urban planning of Baku XIX — early XX centuries / Ed. prof. V.I. Pilyavsky. - Leningrad: Stroyizdat , 1978.- 215 p.
- ↑ TsGA GSSR, f. 12, op. 7 units hr 1152. On the construction of a governor's house in the city of Baku. 1895-1896
- ↑ TsGA GSSR, f. 7, op. 1 unit hr 1189, l. 2. On the construction of a governor’s house in Baku. 1871.
- ↑ Manaf Suleymanov. Days are past. - Baku: Azerbaijan State Publishing House, 1990. - S. 20. - 340 p.
- ↑ 1 2 An exact copy of one of the demolished architectural buildings along Neftyanikov Avenue will be recreated.
- ↑ Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the five-star Four Seasons Hotel in Baku
Links
- Shamil Fatullaev. Urban planning of Baku XIX — early XX centuries / Ed. prof. V.I. Pilyavsky. - Leningrad: Stroyizdat , 1978.- 215 p.