The estate of Vorontsov-Raevsky

The building was erected in the XVIII century . Then it was part of the ownership of the Russian statesman and diplomat A.P. Volynsky , after the execution of which in 1740 the estate passed to Maria Artemyevna Volynskaya - the daughter of Artemy Petrovich. Since the end of the 1740s, the estate was owned by a senator, a real chamberlain, president of the Votchin board in Moscow, brother of chancellor M.I. Vorontsov and general-general R.I. Vorontsov I.L. Vorontsov - husband of M.A. Volynskaya.

After dividing the estate into several parts at the end of the century, the merchant N.V. De Forge became the new owner of the estate. In 1808, the counselor of the estate M.A. Raevskaya became the mistress of the estate. With her in the depths of the plot a two-story house was built in the style of classicism , the basis of which was the stone buildings of the XVIII century.

The manor probably survived the fire of 1812 with virtually no loss.

In January 1821, members of the Decembrist Union Welfare Union gathered in the walls of the building.

According to the will of Raevskaya, the estate was divided into three parts between her children. The outbuildings in the 19th century undergo reconstruction and turn into apartment buildings . One of the transformations occurred in 1885-1887 according to the project of the architect and restorer , academician of architecture V.P. Zagorsky .

In 1878, the main manor house was sold to the Moscow City Credit Society. In the Great Hall in 1895, the debut of the Russian and Soviet pianist and teacher K.I. Igumnov took place .

In front of the main house in the 19th century, the flower pavilion of flower grower F.F. Noev was opened, which remained here until the early 1950s.

In the 1930s, the main house of the estate acquired another floor, which at different times was occupied by the Museum of Social Hygiene, the radio committee, various people's commissariats and ministries .

The last time the central building was rebuilt in 1951 by architects P.P. Steller , V.V. Lebedev and I.V. Sherwood to accommodate the Ministry of Food Industry of the RSFSR. In fact, this is a new building, only stylized as classicism ^[1] .

The former Vorontsov-Raevsky estate was captured in E. A. Ryazanov ’s Soviet satirical comedy film “The Garage ” (1979).

In the left wing in the 1880s was the "Electric Lighting Partnership Agency in Russia" - "P. N. Yablochkov - inventor and Co. ”, in the 1970s - a popular Polish store“ Wanda ”in Moscow .

Currently, the main building has been given to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation , in the left wing (No. 16) until April 15, 2015 the Gulag History Museum was located. The 12th house on Petrovka Street, which is also part of the architectural complex of the Vorontsov-Raevsky estate, is now occupied by the faculty of history of the Higher School of Economics National Research University.

The former Vorontsov-Raevsky estate is one of historically valuable city-forming objects.

The facade of the building is decorated with a voluminous Corinthian portico of six massive columns , above which there is a lapidary pediment, decorated with a bas-relief composition, which is a symbol of abundance . The walls of the estate are faced with ceramic tiles.

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