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House of the Palace Office

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The house at the corner of Denежный and Bolshoy Lyovshinsky lanes, built in the late 18th century, belonged to Colonel A.F. Ladyzhensky. This building is an interesting example of a corner structure with long facades facing the red line of both lanes, and it retains decorative elements characteristic of early 19th-century classicism.

In 1835, the property was transferred to the Moscow Palace Office and was converted into apartments for its employees. Among the first residents was Yevgraf Dmitrievich Tyurin, an architect of the Kremlin expedition and future director of the drawing office of the Moscow Palace Office. Tyurin participated in the restoration of the Arsenal in the Kremlin, the reconstruction of the Alexandrinsky Palace, and the Pashkov House, as well as building the Church of St. Tatiana at Moscow University and the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo. His apartment on Denежный lane was known for its collection of paintings, which he gathered throughout his life. His collection included about 400 works by Russian and Western European artists, including pieces by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Velázquez. Tyurin was one of the first private collectors to make his collection accessible to the public, opening it for visits on Sundays. He dreamed of creating a publicly accessible Moscow Art Museum based on his collection, but did not receive support from the authorities. After his death, the collection was sold off.

Other notable employees of the Moscow Palace Office also lived in this house, such as historian and archaeologist Ivan Egorovich Zabelin, who served as the archivist of the Palace Office for 20 years, and historian Sergey Mikhailovich Solovyov, who settled here in 1870 when he became the director of the Imperial Armory in the Kremlin. Solovyov lived here until his death in 1879, hosting well-known contemporaries such as poet A.A. Fet, historian N.I. Kareev, and philosopher L.M. Lopatin. The house is recognized as a cultural heritage site.

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Дом Дворцового ведомства

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