Mariinskaya Women's Gymnasium
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| Mariinskaya Women's Gymnasium | |
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Мариинская женская гимназия | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism |
| Location | Pushkin |
| Address | 17 Leontyevskaya Street |
| Coordinates | 59°43′10″N 30°24′13″E / 59.719450°N 30.403730°E |
| Construction started | 1844 |
| Completed | 1845 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A. F. Vidov, G.D. Grimm |
| Other designers | D. E. Efimov |
Mariinskaya Women's Gymnasium is an historic building in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg. It was built as a school between 1844-1845. Nowadays it is an object of cultural heritage.[1][2] The building is located on 17 Leontjevskaya Street.
History
Firstly in the building of the Gymnasium was the Office of the Chief Executive of the palace boards and Tsarskoe Selo. It was the project of architect D.E. Efimov. The construction was headed by N.S. Nikitin. The Office was abolished in 1865. The same year in the building was founded a female gymnasium Firstly it was but was a wooden house on Moscovskaya Street. The redevelopment was conducted by the architect A. F. Vidov, and a year later the gymnasium moved to a new building. In 1874 there was a necessity to expand building space for a new seven-grade gymnasium. In the years 1874-1875 works were conducted by A.F. Vidov. Next time the building was redeveloped in 1906-1907. It was expanded by building up the third floor. The work on the project of the architect G. D. Grima was carried out by civil engineer V. A. Lipavsky. The future poetess A. A. Akhmatova (Gorenko) studied in the gymnasium during the period 1900-1905.
After the October Revolution, the gymnasium became the 2nd Detskoselskaya Soviet labor school. In it in 1922–1924 years. studied Daniil Kharms (Yuvachev). Subsequently, the building housed a music school, now the Tsarskoye Selo Academy of Arts named after Akhmatova. In 2010 a new gymnasium building was added.[3][4]
Architecture
The original finish of the Efimov project was preserved on the facade of the first floor, includes a ribbon rust, fan-shaped castle stones. In general, the repeatedly changing facade is an integral composition, in the center of which are elongated semicircular windows of the third floor. The building is completed by the attic.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Мариинская женская гимназия. Здесь в 1900-1905 годах училась А.А. Ахматова". КГИОП Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ Приказ председателя КГИОП № 15 от 20.02.2001
- ^ a b "Леонтьевская 17. Мариинская женская гимназия". Энциклопедия Царского Села. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ a b "Здание канцелярии Главноуправляющего - Мариинская гимназия - Детская музыкальная школа". citywalls.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
Literature
- Семенова Г. В. (2009). Царское Село: знакомое и незнакомое. М.: Центрполиграф. pp. 389–391. ISBN 978-5-9524-4249-8.
Sources
- "Леонтьевская 17. Мариинская женская гимназия". Энциклопедия Царского Села. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- "Здание канцелярии Главноуправляющего - Мариинская гимназия - Детская музыкальная школа". citywalls.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-14.