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Mansion of Yusupova (42 Liteiny Avenue)


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MANSION OF YUSUPOVA (42 Liteiny Avenue), an architectural monument, constructed in 1852-1858 (architect L.L. Bonstedt, partly used the original project of architect G.A. Bosse) for countess Z.I. Yusupova. A monumental two-storey building is executed to the forms of the Italian high Renaissance with the use of some Baroque elements. The facades are faced with Bremen sandstone, the sculptural decor was executed in the workshops of A. Triscorni. In the interior artificial marble, moulding, gilding and decorative painting (modeller T.P. Dylev, painters I.A. Maykov and K.I. Paul) were extensively used. From 1908, the building was rented by the Petersburg artistic club, in 1908-10 there was the theatre Krivoe Zerkalo (Distorting Mirror), in 1909 an exhibition dedicated to Leo Tolstoy was arranged, in 1912 - the exhibition 100 Years of French Painting (was organised by the editor of the Apollo magazine). In the years of the First World War in the house a hospital was arranged, in the 1930s - it was a house of political education, since 1949 - the central lecture-hall of Knowledge Society.

References: Жуковский А. Дом княгини Юсуповой в С.-Петербурге г. архитектора Бонштета // Архит. вестн. 1859. № 3. Стб. 221-226; Сауткина Г. Н. Литейный дом княгини Юсуповой. СПб., 1997.

O. A. Chekanova.

Persons
Bonstedt Lyubim (Ludwig) Lyubimovich
Bosse G.A. (see Bosse Yu.A.)
Dylev Timofey Petrovich
Maykov Nikolay Apollonovich
Paul Karl Johann
Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich, Count
Yusupova Zinaida Ivanovna, Duchess

Addresses
Liteiny Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 42

Bibliographies
Жуковский А. Дом княгини Юсуповой в С.-Петербурге г. архитектора Бонштета // Архит. вестн., 1859

The subject Index
Apollon (Apollo), journal

Chronograph
1858


Bonstedt L.L. (1822-1885), architect

BONSTEDT Lyubim Lyubimovich (Ludvig) (1822, St. Petersburg - 1885), architect, academy member (1846), professor of the Academy of Fine Arts (1858), court counsellor. He was a subject of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Liteiny Avenue

LITEINY AVENUE [in 1918-44 - Volodarskogo Avenue, after revolutionary V. Volodarsky (1891-1918)], between Liteiny Bridge and Nevsky Prospect. In 1711, a foundry was founded at the beginning of future Liteiny Avenue; later, houses of craftsmen

Natural stone

NATURAL STONE. Since the early 18th century, Putilovo slab limestone has been used in construction (quarried by Putilovskaya Mountain near the mouth of the Volkhov River)

Yusupov Family, Princes

YUSUPOV FAMILY, a family of princes of Nogay origin, who lived in Russia from the 16th century. Several family members were closely associated with St. Petersburg