"Volgograd" - a hotel in Volgograd , located on the Square of the Fallen Fighters , at the address: st. Mira , 12. The hotel building is an architectural monument of regional significance.
| Building | |
| Hotel Volgograd | |
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| A country |  Russia |
| City | Volgograd |
| Architectural style | Stalinist neoclassicism |
| Project Author | A.V. Kurovsky |
| Established | 1890 year |
| Building | 1954 - 1956 |
| Status |  Object of cultural heritage No. 3410031000 |
| Site | hotelvolgograd.ru |
The hotel was founded in 1890 under the name "Capital Rooms". After the revolution, the building housed residential and office premises. The building was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad . It was originally planned to restore the building, but in the end the old one was demolished, and in 1954-1956 a new one was built on the foundation of the old one - the five-story hotel "Stalingrad" in the same dimensions in plan (architect A. V. Kurovsky ). In 1961, together with the city it was renamed “Volgograd”.
History
In 1890, the merchant Vasily Voronin built on the main square of Tsaritsyn the first hotel in the city called “Capital Rooms”, designed for 75 beds [1] . In addition to the hotel, the building housed shops, a restaurant, and an assembly hall; it held literary evenings, concerts, various social events, meetings, the theater worked, and since 1895 the Tsaritsyno Exchange also met [2] . With the outbreak of World War I, the building of the best, at that time, hotel in the city was transferred to the infirmary for wounded soldiers [3] .
During the civil war , the building housed the Extraordinary Regional Committee on Food and Supply of the South of Russia (Chokprod) under the People's Commissariat of the RSFSR , who supervised the procurement in the south of Russia. Also in the building was the editorial board of the newspaper "Soldier of the Revolution." In June 1918, I. V. Stalin and S. Ordzhonikidze lived and worked in the building [4] .
In 1932, the capital of the Lower Volga Region was moved to Stalingrad. In the city there was a shortage of residential and office space, the building was built on the fourth floor and was called the “House of the Commune” or the “First House of Soviets” [2] .
During the Battle of Stalingrad, the hotel building was damaged, like all the houses surrounding it, but the damage did not lead to the collapse of the walls [5] . However, despite the possibility of restoration, the decision was made to demolish the construction of the monumental House of Soviets , which was planned on the site of the quarter currently occupied by the hotel and medical university , and by the time this plan was abandoned, the building was basically dismantled [2] .
In 1956, the construction of the new building of the Stalingrad Hotel was completed according to the project of the architect A. V. Kurovsky [6] [3] . During construction, the foundation of the “Capital Rooms” was used, which determined the exact coincidence of its location with the place of the old building [2] .
In 1961, together with the city it was renamed “Volgograd” [3] .
Architecture
The architectural theme of the facade is based on two-parting: the lower two floors are a deeply rusted wall, and the upper three are a wall with rhythmically arranged rectangular windows and richly decorated pilasters . The corners of the building are cut off. The main entrance is located on the side of Mira Street and represents a columned entrance with five semicircular arches two stories high. The basement and entrance to the building are finished with granite. The top of the building is crowned with a large eaves and a parapet with a balustrade [3] .
Notes
- ↑ History of the Volgograd Hotel in Volgograd . The official website of the Volgograd Hotel . Circulation date May 19, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Roman Skoda. Evolution of the Square of the Fallen Fighters. Part 2. . Tsaritsyn.rf (October 8, 2015). Date of treatment September 7, 2017. Archived on September 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Argastseva et al., 2004 , p. 75-77.
- ↑ Hotel Volgograd . Date of treatment July 22, 2013.
- ↑ About the hotel // Volgograd
- ↑ Kurovsky Alexander Vladimirovich . Sovarch. Date of treatment July 21, 2012. Archived on September 28, 2012.
Literature
- Argastseva S.A., Gurenko L.V., Zhorova E.P. and other Code of historical and architectural heritage of Tsaritsyn — Stalingrad — Volgograd (1589-2004). - Volgograd: Panorama, 2004. - S. 66–67, 134–138. - 240 p. - ISBN 5-9666-0003-1 .
- Atopov V.I., Maslyaev V.E., Lipyavkin A.F. Volgograd. - Stroyizdat, 1985. - S. 56-59. - 215 p.