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Income House of V. P. Kalinin, 1900-1901, Architect I. G. Kondratenko

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The income house of V. P. Kalinin is located on the red line of the street and has significant urban planning importance, as it fixes the street line. It was built in 1900-1901 according to the design of architect I. G. Kondratenko, who came from a peasant background. Interestingly, the client of the house, V. P. Kalinin, was also from the peasantry of the village of Degunino and owned the plot and house from 1899 to 1917.

Ivan Gavrilovich graduated from the Moscow School of Sculpture and Architecture in 1879, where he studied alongside well-known architects such as R. Klein and S. Solovyov. After graduating, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, which he completed in 1885, receiving the title of 'first-class artist.' Upon returning to Moscow, Kondratenko began working in the Construction Department of the Moscow Provincial Administration. In Moscow, he built about 50 income houses and mansions, starting with pseudo-Russian and brick styles and transitioning to modernism in the 1910s.

The income house of Kalinin is executed in the brick style, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this style, stucco decorations are replaced by a pattern of brickwork, and the brick itself remains unplastered, highlighting its beauty. The area of modern Bolshaya Gruzinskaya and Krasina Street was considered the outskirts in the late 19th century, where the brick style was particularly popular. I. G. Kondratenko often used shaped bricks and relief masonry. The four-story house features a concise relief pattern on the facade, two entrances with round windows framed in brick, and a brick pattern on the cornice with a ledge above the fourth floor. The first floor of the building was intended for commercial establishments, while the three upper floors were rented out as apartments.

The uniqueness of the house lies in the fact that it is a well-preserved example of typical architecture from the late 19th century, one of the few historical buildings in the quarter and Krasina Street that has survived to this day. During the Soviet era, the house also contained apartments, one of which was occupied by engineer and designer of space and rocket technology N. G. Chernyshov, the founder of a scientific school in rocket fuel chemistry.

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Доходный дом В. П. Калинина, 1900-1901 гг., архитектор И. Г. Кондратенко

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