The house of pharmacist Ivan Vladimirovich Suikovsky was built at the intersection of Bolshaya Street (now Soviet) and Parfenovsky Lane (Stepan Razin) after a fire in July 1906 that destroyed the central part of the city. The City Duma, after considering proposals, decided to build only stone buildings on the central street. After renovations, the house looked significantly younger.
The architecture of the building is simple: strict lines of the facade and symmetrically arranged rectangular windows. The windows on the ground floor are larger to serve as display windows, while the upper floor contained living rooms.
Ivan Vladimirovich Suikovsky was called by the Russian name, although his real name was Jan Anton Rola, indicating his descent from King Sigismund of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Suikovsky graduated from the Moscow Imperial University in 1892 and received the title of pharmacist, after which he returned to his homeland.
A few years ago in Moscow, Alexandra Alexandrovna Grinvald married Hiliary Mikhailovich Shteker, who also worked as a pharmacist, and moved to Ufa. They had a two-story estate and five children. In 1893, Hiliary Mikhailovich suffered a head injury while saving drowning people and soon passed away.
To manage pharmacies and other enterprises, Suikovsky was invited from Warsaw. He was charmed by Alexandra Alexandrovna, who was beautiful, smart, and energetic. The widow had pharmacies in Moscow, Syzran, Simbirsk, and other cities. Despite his Catholic faith, Suikovsky married Alexandra Alexandrovna and was wed to her in an Orthodox church. They had a daughter named Natalia.
Apparently, Suikovsky visited Syzran with his family occasionally, although he also had a house here with seven apartments and 35 rooms covering a total area of 900 square meters. Revolutionary events likely forced the family to sell off their property.
In 1917-1918, the new owner of Suikovsky's pharmacy building was Idel Leizerovich Shteyman, who bought it for 8,000 rubles. However, soon the house passed to the fruit brandy merchant M.M. Subbotsky, who rented it out until July 1924. Various shops and institutions were located here. The building was connected to the telephone network in 1915, and five years later, plumbing and electricity were installed.
In the 1950s-60s, the building housed the landscaping department, a vegetable shop, and an advertising bureau, while the second floor was occupied by tenants. At the end of the last century, a supermarket called 'Seventh Continent' was located here. Currently, the building houses a bank, a private dental office, and a computer technology store. The house has entered history as the house of pharmacist Suikovsky.
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