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Petrovsky Passage
Petrovsky Passage, where the auction hall was located, concessionaires came in cheerful as stallions
Ilf and Petrov "Twelve Chairs" It is a question of Petrovsky, or Firsanovsky, passage - an old shopping center, with more than a century of history. It is an architectural monument of the center of Moscow, where now fashionable boutiques of world brands such as Max Mara, Kenzo, Bosco di Ciliegi, Bally are located.
The place of the Passage was the house of the merchant Surovschikov at the beginning of the 19th century, then from the mid 1850s - trading pavilions of a hat shop, a bookshop and a library. From the 1870s, the building belonged to the merchant dynasty of the Firsanovs, and it was Vera Firsanova-Gonetskaya that rebuilt the old house in the grandiose Petrovsky passage in 1906.
Petrovsky passage in all its splendor
Having the excellent European taste, Firsanova-Gonetskaya chose the French word "Passage" for the name of his brainchild is not accidental. The shopping center was designed in such a way as not to isolate the premises from each other, but to make them a large single room, spacious and attractive for lovers of shopping. Firsanova-Gonetsky's idea was realized by architect S. Kalugin and engineer V. Shukhov
As in large European and American cities, the Petrovsky arcade lit up in the evening
This costly innovation was provided by the work of a power plant located on the territory of another successful Firsanova enterprises - Sandunovskie Bani
After the opening of the Petrovsky passage in 1906, the most famous trading houses of that time were located here: "Vikula Morozov, Konshin and Sons" - suppliers of the Imperial Palace thief, "Markushevich and Grigoriev. Silk and woolen fabrics "," Veselkov and Tashin - fashion materials for ladies' dresses "," Matilda Barish - corsets and umbrellas "," Candy and pastille. Apricot and Sons "and many others.
In the 1910s a famous restaurant and coffee" Bristol "opened on the ground floor of the Passage. Oh, how many famous people of the beginning of the 20th century were treated here with coffee and cakes, and also were pleased to dine with trout and pancakes with caviar!
Soviet period
During the Soviet era, an industrial exhibition of the VSNKh, a factory for sewing underwear for the Red Army, was set up in the Passage, and many of the premises were partitioned by plywood and occupied by offices and workshops. In terms of ideological propaganda, the facade of the building in 1921 was "decorated" with a bas-relief "Worker" by the sculptor MG Manizer. At the beginning of the 1930s, the trust "Dirizhabelstroy", the first Soviet airships, was located on the second floor, as well as the auction hall described by Ilf and Petrov in the "Twelve Chairs."
Opening the Articoli Gallery in Petrovsky Passage
In 1990 "Petrovsky Passage" underwent a radical reconstruction. Therefore, the current shopping center is slightly different from the building of the pre-revolutionary era. But time can change, and the Passage still pleases buyers and lovers of the past with their glorious past.
- Practical information
- Address - Tverskoy District, Petrovka Street, 10
- Nezlinnaya, Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Tverskaya Street from the metro station "Kuznetsky Most" walk takes only 5 minutes
| Petrovsky passage at night |
| Petrovsky passage from the inside |