Mikhailovich Likhatsky Mark was born in 1840 in a family of Cossacks from the Black Sea Cossack army. He began his path to success with chumaquing, engaging in trade transportation. He delivered fish to Crimea and returned to Kuban with salt. Over time, he expanded his activities by adding the trade of firewood and timber. With the money he earned, Likhatsky opened his own exchange and became one of the richest people in Yekaterinodar.

His successful career led to receiving the title of hereditary honorary citizen, the position of a member of the city duma, and the founder of the Sorrowful Church, the first stone temple in the city. In 1893, Likhatsky rented the military Achuevsky factory for 112 thousand rubles and opened a well-known three-story bathhouse on Dlinna Street in December of the same year.

He spent 135 thousand gold rubles on the construction of the bathhouse. The building was designed by Nikolai Dmitrievich Malama, a civil engineer and nobleman from the Poltava province, a graduate of Ghent University in Belgium. The bathhouse became a model of brick architecture in Yekaterinodar with elements of Romanesque style.

The building was innovative for its time: it had metal reinforcement, 110 electric light bulbs, steam heating, washing machines in the basement, and bath attendants from Warsaw. On the first floor, ordinary people could wash for 10-20 kopecks, the second floor was for gentlemen, and the third housed family rooms.

This approach elevated the bath culture in Yekaterinodar to a new level, and Likhatsky's bathhouse became popular, contributing to his wealth. The next step was the construction of a two-story apartment building on Dlinna Street (now Krasnaya, 118).

In 1910, with Likhatsky's funds, the 'Northern Theater' was built, designed by Leopold Augustovich Dittrich and Vasily Vasilyevich Kozlov. The theater was located on Krasnaya Street but was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War.

Another property of Likhatsky was a 9-room mansion on Pashkovskaya Street, faced with yellow-cream ceramic tiles.

There is a legend that Likhatsky pointed out the forgotten grave of the acting military ataman of the Black Sea Cossack army, Major General Alexei Danilovich Bezkrovny. Pre-revolutionary newspapers reported that Likhatsky saw the general in a dream, who pointed out the location of his grave.

Mark Likhatsky died on August 26, 1915, at the age of 75 from heart paralysis, as recorded in the church book of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. All his property passed to his son Anton Markovich.