Mokhovaya Street

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MOKHOVAYA STREET (until 1826 - Khamovaya Street or Khamovskaya Street), between Tchaikovskogo Street and Belinskogo Street. It was built up in the settlement of weavers ("khamovnik" - hence the first name), who worked at canvas yards of the Partikulyarnaya (Civil) Shipyard and the Main Admiralty. In 1731-34, SS. Simon & Anna Church was constructed (building 46), in 1901 - its apartment house (architect V.A. Kosyakov); in 1869-72, a chapel arose at the corner of Belinskogo Street and Mokhovaya Street (architect G.I. Winterhalter). The architecture of modern Mokhovaya Street dates back to the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. I.A. Goncharov lived for many years and died in 1891 in Building 3, owned by M.M. Ustinov (1855, architect G.A. Bosse); Building 5 was owned by Princess Shcherbatova (in 1853 - reconstructed by architect G.A. Bosse); Building 20 is the former mansion of Countess A.R. Lamsdorf (1852, architect L.L. Bonstedt). Building 36 (1902-03, architect E.R. Bach; the former mansion of the Stroganovs) housed World Literature Publishing House, today - Mussorgsky Music School. Tenishevskoe School was housed in Buildings 33-35, for the needs of the establishment the interior of the building was partially reconstructed (1899-1900, architect R.A. Berzen). Critic V.V. Stasov lived in Building 26; Building 38 housed the Oculist Hospital since 1838, Prince P.A. Vyazemsky lived in Building 41 in 1828-32, in 1823-32, Karamzin family stayed there. Building 15 houses Open Society Institute, Building 20 is the home for the editorial office of the journal Zvezda, Building 1 – the Municipal Oncological Hospital.

References: Брандт И. Б. Моховая улица // БА. 1971. № 4. С. 39-49; Исаченко В. Г. Моховая улица // Диалог. 1980. № 28-29; Дубин А. С., Бройтман Л. И. Моховая улица: Ист. очерк. СПб., 2001.

O. A. Chekanova. Bach Evgeny Romanovich
Berzen Richard Andreevich
Bonstedt Lyubim (Ludwig) Lyubimovich
Bosse G.A. (see Bosse Yu.A.)
Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich
Kosyakov Vladimir Antonovich
Lamsdorf Alexandra Romanovna, Countess
Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich
Shcherbatova Sofia Alexandrovna, Duchess
Stasov Vladimir Vasilievich
Tenishev Vyacheslav Nikolaevich
the Karamzins
the Stroganovs
Ustinov Mikhail Mikhailovich
Vyazemsky Peter Andreevich, Duke
Winterhalter Georgy (Egor) Ivanovich
Belinskogo St./Saint Petersburg, city
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 46
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 1
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 33
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 41
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 35
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 3
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 38
Tchaikovskogo St./Saint Petersburg, city
Исаченко В. Г. Моховая улица // Диалог, 1980
Дубин А. С., Бройтман Л. И. Моховая улица: Ист. очерк. СПб., 2001 Particulyarnaya Shipyard
Admiralty
SS. Simon and Anna Church
World of Literature, publishing house, 1918-1924
Tenishev's School
Zvezda (The Star), journal