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Dacha of K.F. Zeger

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Since the mid-19th century, a unique phenomenon known as the dacha has formed in Moscow and St. Petersburg society, with its own traditions, architecture, leisure activities, and way of life. By the early 1890s, there were about 6,000 dachas in 180 settlements around the capital, where up to 40,000 city dwellers moved. Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo was particularly popular among the creative intelligentsia. Dachas here were quite expensive, with the cost of furnished houses reaching 2,500 rubles. An advertisement from 1907 for rental mentions: "The area is delightful, high bank, pine park. Swimming in the Khimka and Moscow rivers."

In the early 20th century, the plot at the modern address Volokolamskoye Highway, 47, building 2 belonged to Konstantin Frantsevich Zeger, the son of the owner of the optical, physical, and mechanical instruments firm "Frantz Zeger." Although Konstantin did not participate in his father's business, he was one of the directors of the board of the Pavlo-Olginsky beet-sugar factory since 1894 and received the title of hereditary honorary citizen in 1899.

The two-story mansion in Gothic style was built by architect Vladimir Dmitrievich Adamovich no later than 1906 on the site of an old house. An insurance document dated September 4, 1906 contains a detailed description of the house: "The house is stone, covered with iron, two stories high, with a roof featuring towers and iron spires; partially faced with colored brick and partially plastered outside, plastered inside. Under the floor of the house is a semi-basement. (...) The house is undergoing reconstruction, heating is being installed with a boiler and ventilation chamber in the semi-basement. A stone, iron-covered entrance, a wine cellar, and two terraces adjoin the house. One is open..." The composition of the house features a complex configuration of varying heights, and each facade has its own architectural and artistic solution. The central facade is distinguished by an open terrace on the first floor and a gallery with a three-arch arcade on the second. An angular tower with windows styled like arrow slits adorns the northeast facade, while a volume with a wooden terrace on the second floor shapes the appearance of the house from the southwest. All facades have different forms of finishes and decor.

The building of K.F. Zeger's dacha is a characteristic example of dacha architecture from the early 20th century, with its multi-volume compositions and appeal to the aesthetics of romanticism. Shortly before the revolution, the property was acquired by psychiatrist Sofia Abramovna Liozner, who opened a private psychoneurological clinic here. In 1919, the sanatorium for the mentally and psychologically ill S.A. Liozner-Kannabikh was nationalized, and she continued to lead the "Streshnevo" sanatorium for a long time. Today, the territory and mansion house the Y.V. Kannabikh Psychiatric Clinical Hospital.

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