Syzran once was a thriving trading city with picturesque views of three rivers and a kremlin, of which only the snow-white tent tower remains. The main street became Bolshaya Street, where more than twenty mansions, gymnasiums, and stone shops can still be seen.

Among them stands out the mansion of Sergey Alexandrovich Sterlyadkin, the son of a wealthy entrepreneur. It was built after the devastating fire of 1906 and completed in 1915, which does not quite match its style.

For garden historians, the growth of lush shoots from a simple architectural element that uses a square of iridescent majolica as its base is of interest.

Above the entrance rises a shell supported by youthful figures. On the upper parts of the walls, girls among flower meadows are depicted in light relief.

The mansion is a monument of federal significance, but the placement of a hospital in it deprived it of its original interiors. Now it houses the Civil Registry Office, as does the unusual building in Astrakhan, the Trade and Industrial Exchange. The architect's name varies from Shcherbakov to Shekhtel and Zelenko.

The decor of the Sterlyadkin mansion is featured in the book "Gardens of the Silver Age. Literature. Painting. Architecture," which will be published in 2022.