The barracks complex of the Pavlovsky Regiment is perhaps one of the most famous buildings in St. Petersburg. Without this yellow building with columns, it is already impossible to imagine Champ de Mars. It is not surprising that in last years real wars are fought over the building in the courts.
The construction of the western border of the Tsaritsyno Meadow (as the Field of Mars was called in the 18th century) began almost immediately after the founding of the city - in the 1710s. AT different time on the site of the future barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment were the houses of General-in-Chief A.I. Rumyantsev, the palace of Elizaveta Petrovna, the mansion of the life physician Johann Lestok (by the way, it was in this palace that a conspiracy was created, as a result of which Elizaveta Petrovna took power in Russia into her own hands, and Johann Lestok was an active participant in this conspiracy), a city pawnshop and even an educational house. In the early 1900s, it was decided to rebuild the pawnshop and adjacent houses on the Field of Mars into a single huge building of ministries - but things did not go beyond the project. Finally, in 1816, architect V.P. Stasov took up a new project for a large-scale reconstruction of the entire group of buildings on the Field of Mars. This was the project of the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment. The barracks were very useful here: after all, since the time of Paul I, the Field of Mars was used mainly for military exercises, reviews and parades.
Why exactly was the Pavlovsky regiment awarded the honor of having barracks in the very center of the city, almost next door to the imperial palace? The fact is that in those years the glory of the Pavlovsky regiment really thundered almost all over the world. This regiment actively participated in the battles against Napoleon even before his invasion of Russia, distinguished himself in the Battle of Borodino and in other battles. Patriotic War, and on the proposal of Kutuzov was awarded the title of "Pavlovsky Life Guards" and was awarded the St. George banners.
The barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment were built in 1817-1819. They occupied more than half of the trapezoidal block between the Field of Mars, the Moika and Millionnaya Street. The architect decorated the huge facade facing the Field of Mars with three porticos of Doric columns on the high ground floor. The facade overlooking Millionnaya Street is decorated with the same portico. The purpose of the building was emphasized by sculptural panels of weapons, armor and various military attributes. The building of the Pavlovsk barracks is still considered one of the most brilliant works of Stasov and the most harmonious building of Russian classicism of those times. The emperor thanked Stasov for his work, appointing him, in addition to the fee itself, a life pension of 2,000 rubles a year (at that time, the money, although modest, was sufficient).
From the inside, the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment were arranged like this. The lower floor housed utility rooms - kitchens, warehouses, laundries, regimental workshops. The first floor was occupied by the rooms of soldiers and junior officers. From the side of Aptekarsky Lane there were sheds, forges, storehouses. In the center of the building, on the second and third floors, there was the church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky. On the same floors were the apartments of regimental commanders, staff officers and chief officers. Stables for 47 stalls were equipped in the yard. The total area of the barracks building was 150 thousand square meters; the room was heated by 3037 (!) stoves.
In 1818, the regiment was disbanded, the barracks were empty and became a rather dangerous place - mainly because of the street children hiding here. Finally, in 1928, the building was handed over to the Elektrotok management (later Lenenergo). To do this, however, it was necessary to modify the bas-relief on the upper part of the building, changing the inscription from "Barracks of the Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment" to "Lenenergo" and removing the symbols of royal power. Officers' quarters were occupied by employees' offices, and the church, according to a fairly common tradition at that time, was reconstructed into a club.
During the blockade, it was in the building of Lenenergo that the 7th division was formed militia. The building was one of the key targets of German aviation, and sooner or later the goal was achieved, and more than once: a 250-kilogram bomb, breaking through three floors of the building, exploded while trying to neutralize it; the wall of the main building was pierced by a high-explosive shell, which led to a fire in the building; one of the artillery shells exploded from Aptekarsky Lane. In short, after the war, the facades had to be rebuilt; incidentally, as part of the reconstruction, a unique operation was carried out to straighten the curved wall of the main building with the help of 13 jacks with a lifting capacity of 20 tons each.
In 2011, Lenenergo left the building of the Pavlovsky barracks, moving to another building. And the building was given to the Plaza Lotus Group, who intend to build a five-star hotel here. Work will begin in January 2013, and it is planned to complete them by 2015. The city defenders, however, have every reason to believe that under the guise of reconstruction in the building of the Pavlovsky barracks, only the facade walls will be left, and the interior premises will be demolished, as has repeatedly happened with other historical buildings given to investors. There is information that, bypassing KGIOP, a tender has already been held to find a company that will partially dismantle the building. The owners of the Plaza Lotus Group, the Zingarevich brothers, in turn, promise that no dismantling work will be carried out in the building of the Pavlovsky barracks.
Palace of Elizabeth Petrovna -
Barracks of the Pavlovsky Grenadier Regiment - LenEnergo Building
Field of Mars St., 1-5
Millionnaya st., 2
Aptekarsky per., 2
Architects: Stasov V.P.
Year built: 1817-1821
Style: Barracks Pavlovsky Grenadier Regiment
1730-1740s - the palace of Elizabeth Petrovna, the house of the life physician I. Lestok.
1780 - arch. Yu. M. Felten - Orphanage.
Barracks of the Kexholm Regiment
1817-1821 - arch. Stasov V.P. - Barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment.
1820 - Church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky.
1860-1862 and 1885 - partial change of interiors.
1928-1929 - sculptor Rassadin - change of bas-relief ch. attica.classicism
One of the first houses on the street. The Field of Mars was the home of General A. A. Veide - the compiler of the first Military Charter in Russia.
In the 1730-1740s. on the site was the palace of Peter's daughter Elizabeth - former house A. L. Naryshkin, redeemed to the treasury in 1732
The palace of Elizabeth Petrovna became the center of the conspiracy that led to her accession. Nearby was the house of the life physician I. Lestok, an active participant in the coup.
Elizabeth presented her palace and the house of Lestok to her favorite A. G. Razumovsky. Some historians believe that Razumovsky and Elizabeth secretly married in 1742.
In 1761, both houses of Razumovsky were purchased by the treasury and demolished in 1770.
In 1780, according to the project of arch. Yu. M. Felten, a huge three-story pawnshop building was erected on this site.
In 1784, the building was adapted for an Orphanage - trustee I. I. Betsky. For the brought babies were given a large reward.
In 1797 the Orphanage was transferred to the Moika.
The barracks of the Keksholm regiment, formed in 1710 as a grenadier regiment, were located here.
In 1817-1821. on the site of the Orphanage to accommodate the Pavlovsky Grenadier Regiment, regimental barracks were built according to the project of V.P. Stasov.
Sculptural decoration V. I. Demut-Malinovsky (presumably).
In 1820, the church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky.
In 1860-1862 and 1885. the interior has been partially remodeled.
In 1928-1929. the sculptor Rassadin changed the bas-relief in the upper part of the main attic - the royal symbols were removed.
The Pavlovsky Regiment was formed in 1796 under Paul I.
In memory of the founder, he was formed by short blondes or redheads, freckled and snub-nosed (?). Disbanded in 1918
Until 1928, the building was empty and served as a haven for homeless children.
In 1928, it was transferred to Elektrotok - later Lenenergo.
In the house of Razumovsky in the 1740s. the writer A.P. Sumarokov lived as an adjutant.
Church of St. blgv. Prince Alexander Nevsky in the barracks of the Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment
In 1818, the commander of the Pavlovsky regiment, Major General K. I. Bistrom, began the restructuring of the barracks building along the western border of the Field of Mars according to the project of V. P. Stasov
In 1820, a church was built in the barracks, located in the central part of the building on the second floor.
The interior of the church was decorated in the classical style according to the project of V.P. Stasov in 1822-1823. After that, the church was consecrated. The church hall, which accommodated 900 people, was located on the second floor. Along the perimeter there was an Ionic colonnade supporting the choir stalls. The ceiling was painted by J. B. Scotty. The carved iconostasis was divided by pilasters.
The church was closed in 1918.
In 1928-1929. arch. O. R. Munts rebuilt the premises into a club. The iconostasis and murals were destroyed, the decoration of the premises was significantly changed. The stage was located in the altar.
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In 1816, an institution was created in St. Petersburg with a long and inconvenient name, which, however, very accurately reflected its purpose - "Committee for bringing all buildings and hydraulic works in St. Petersburg and areas touching it into a better arrangement." The tasks of the Committee included the improvement of buildings in the city, the laying of new streets, canals, the construction of embankments, water supply and fire safety issues. The government decree stated that the Committee's duty was to put St. Petersburg in order "to such a degree of beauty and perfection that, in all respects, corresponding to the merits, would also combine private benefit ...".
One of the members of the Committee was the architect Vasily Stasov. His first job in a new position was the tidying up and beautification of the Champ de Mars. The task was responsible, because the field with a huge territory (500 m by 300 m) was located in the very center of the city, next to the Summer Garden, Mikhailovsky Castle, Marble Palace. During the time of Peter I, this huge space was low and swampy, two direct canals were dug to drain it - Swan and Krasny, the field itself was called the Tsarina Meadow - here was the palace of Catherine I. During the holidays, fireworks were arranged on the field in the Summer Garden, or, as they said then, "Funny Lights" - hence the second name - "Funny Field". By the end of the 18th century, the Red Canal was covered up, and the field was increasingly used for military parades and parades. At the beginning of the 19th century, after the victorious end of the Patriotic War, the field was renamed Marsovo in the European manner.
Since the end of the 18th century, the Pavlovsky Grenadier Regiment has been housed in buildings located along the edge of the field. The command of the regiment repeatedly raised the issue of expanding the premises, they tried to rebuild the buildings, but by 1816 it was decided to build new barracks that would meet all the requirements. Vasily Stasov took up the design of the new building.
Small houses that were built beyond the Fontanka were permanent places for the guards regiments in St. Petersburg, even the streets where these houses stood were called Rotami (the current Krasnoarmeisky streets). An exception was made for the Pavlovsky regiment. The Pavlovtsy became famous in battles with Napoleon's army back in 1806-1807, when they received an unusual reward for their courage: the military administration decided "to leave the caps that are now in it in honor of this regiment in the form in which he left the battlefield, although some of them were damaged. The fact is that the grenadiers wore traditional high hats - "mitres" - made of leather with a metal forehead, which at the beginning of the 19th century were already replaced by shakos in the Russian army. On the caps of the soldiers of the Pavlovsky regiment, they even minted the names of those to whom they belonged.
These nominal hats of the heroes of the war against Napoleon, often even shot through, were handed over to the best privates of the regiment as parade accessories until the beginning of the 20th century. The Pavlovsky regiment also became famous during the fighting in 1812, for which, according to Kutuzov, they began to call it the Life Guards. Another reward for the heroes was the new barracks built in the city center.
The barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment, designed and built by V. Stasov, became a real grandiose structure, more like a strict public building. The huge facade stretched along the Field of Mars for almost 155 meters from Millionnaya Street to the Moika Embankment and hid a whole complex of structures for various purposes - the barracks themselves, the church, stables, kitchens, a hospital, warehouses. The building of the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment so naturally entered the ensemble of the Field of Mars that it seems simply inseparable from it.
In the 30s of the 19th century, the artist G. Chernetsov painted a huge canvas "Parade on the occasion of the end of hostilities in the Kingdom of Poland on October 6, 1831 on the Tsaritsyn Meadow in St. Petersburg." The painting depicts a solemn military parade, which was held on the Field of Mars (or, as they still used to say then, Tsaritsyn Meadow). At the parade there are those who really lived then famous people Petersburg - from Tsar Nicholas I to famous artists, writers, and even Petersburg beauties. In this picture, the Field of Mars seems especially large because, probably, viewers see strict and beautiful military columns to its very edge. On the right side along the field there is a long low building, which also seems like a front military formation - this is the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment. Today, when the time of military parades on the Field of Mars is far in the past, thanks to this picture one can personally appreciate the tact and at the same time the scale of Stasov's architectural talent - his creation, outwardly very modest and strict, is so harmonious and natural, it emphasizes the purpose of the huge square.
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Barracks of the Pavlovsky Grenadier Regiment
Palace of Elizaveta Petrovna, home of the life physician I. Lestok
Pawnshop. Educational home
1780 - arch. Yu. M. Felten
Barracks of the Kexholm Regiment
Barracks of the Pavlovsky Regiment
1817-1821 - architect. V. P. Stasov - Barracks of the Pavlovsky Regiment
1821 - Church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky
1860-1862,1885 - partial change of interiors
1928-1929 - sculptor Rassadin - change of the bas-relief of the main attic
WWII - partially damaged
Lenenergo building
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1828 Plan of the barracks of L. Guards Pavlovsky
regiment - Field of Mars, 1.
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T. Milton, D. Hearn.
View of the Marble Palace
Big Millionnaya street.
Barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment.
View from the Champ de Mars.
Photo - N. G. Matveev 1900s.
Demonstration exercises of fire departments
on the Field of Mars in the building of the barracks
L.-Guards. Pavlovsky regiment. June 26, 1900.
Yu.B. Shelaev, E.P. Shelaeva "St. Petersburg the day before
the collapse of the empire "Faces of Russia St. Petersburg. 2011., Mouse
Church hall. Altar
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Air installation
fences in the square
"Victims of the Revolution"
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1903 Imp. Nicholas II with retinue
circles the troops during the parade
on the field of Mars.
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Emperor Nicholas II
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1945 Restoration of the barracks of Pavlovsky
regiment after the Great Patriotic War.
(Kedrinsky A. A. Restoration
architectural monuments of Leningrad.
L. 1987. S.373, 376-378, nikspb)
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Church hall.
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Lenenergo building.
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* from the book "Ahead of Time: A Photo Chronicle of the Energy Industry of the North-West" / Ed. N. I. Bystrovoy. - St. Petersburg: MediaLine Publishing House, 2015.
The development of the western border of the Tsaritsyn meadow (Marsovo Pole) dates back to the 1710s. In 1719, the Red Canal was dug parallel to the Swan Canal, connecting the Neva and the Moika. The facades of the houses of General-in-Chief A.I. Rumyantsev, P.I. Yaguzhinsky, Elizaveta Petrovna and the life physician Lestok overlooked the canal and Tsaritsyn Meadow. ()
One of the first houses on the street. The Field of Mars was the home of General A. A. Veide, the compiler of the first Military Charter in Russia.
In the 1730-1740s. on the site was the palace of Peter's daughter Elizabeth - the former house of A. L. Naryshkin, bought into the treasury in 1732. The palace of Elizabeth Petrovna became the center of the conspiracy that led to her accession. Nearby was the house of the life physician I. Lestok, an active participant in the coup.
Elizabeth gave the palace and the house of Lestok to her favorite A. G. K. G.?) Razumovsky. Some historians believe that Razumovsky and Elizabeth secretly married in 1742.
In 1761, both houses of Razumovsky were bought out to the treasury for the city pawnshop and the Orphanage. Demolished in 1770.
In 1780, according to the project of arch. Yu. M. Felten, a huge three-story pawnshop building was erected on this site.
In 1784, the building was adapted for an Orphanage - trustee I. I. Betsky.
In 1797 the Orphanage was transferred to the Moika.
The barracks of the Keksholm regiment, formed in 1710 as a grenadier regiment, were located here.
At the end of the 1770s. arch. Yu. M. Felten built the building of the pawnshop, facing the old facade on Millionnaya Street. In the early 1900s arch. L. Ruska completed the project of rebuilding the pawnshop and the houses that belonged to him on adjacent plots along the Field of Mars into one grandiose building of ministries. The project was not completed. In 1816 arch. V. P. Stasov developed a new project for the reconstruction of this group of buildings, implemented in 1817-1819. (, Mary)
The long façade of the barracks of the Pavlovsky Regiment, facing the Field of Mars, is finished with three porticos of smooth Doric columns and richly decorated with sculptures.
On the second floor there was a church hall, decorated according to the project of Stasov and completed in 1821. A club was located here in Lenenergo. A colonnade of Ionic columns supports the choir stalls. The decoration of the hall has been partially changed.
Regimental holiday 23 November. May 15, 1790 from one battalion of the Tenginsky infantry regiment, with the addition of recruits and lower ranks from the Moscow garrison battalions, formed in Moscow Infantry regiment, consisting of 4 battalions, each of 4 companies. On April 12, 1791, the Regiment was named the Moscow Grenadier Regiment, of which in 1796 the Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment was formed from two battalions. On April 13, 1813, for the courage and courage shown in the Patriotic War of 1812, the regiment was assigned to the Guard, under the name of Pavlovsky's Life Guards, with the rights of the Young Guard. Camping (at the regiment) church was established in early XIX in. The church was together with the regiment: in the Patriotic War of 1812, in the Hungarian campaign in 1849, in Turkish war in 1877-1878 The church, organized on the 2nd floor, existed since 1823. It could accommodate up to 900 people. The room under the church was in two light, with choirs. According to the state, one priest relied on the church. In the barracks of the regiment, the priest was provided with a government apartment.
(source: Priest G. A. Tsitovich. Temples of the Army and Navy. Historical and statistical description in two parts. Pyatigors.
Type-lithography b. A. P. Nagorova. 1913, added by Natalia)
During the Great Patriotic War, the building of the former Pavlovsky barracks became one of the targets of fascist aviation and artillery.
This is evidenced by detailed documents drawn up on the fresh traces of perfect barbarism: an act of December 31, 1941 and a description compiled by associate professor of LISI K. D. Morozov; an act signed on January 14, 1942 arch. V. M. Orlov, and “Supplement to the passport of an emergency facility”, written on May 17, 1943 by one of the oldest employees of the Inspectorate, L. A. Medersky.
From these documents it is clear that in November 1941 at seven o'clock in the evening during the next raid of Nazi aviation, a two hundred and fifty-kilogram high-explosive time bomb hit the northern (left from the Field of Mars) wing. She broke through the roof, five interfloor ceilings and fell to the floor of the first floor near the facade wall.
An hour and twenty minutes later, an explosion followed, which brought down the ceilings, part of the basement vault and wooden partitions. At the same time, the facade wall of the northern wing arched outward, and a crack formed from the second floor almost to the attic of the building. But metal ties attic floor withstood the onslaught shock wave the wall didn't collapse.
However, the damage to the building did not stop there.
Two more shells hit him: one of them hit him from the side of Aptekarsky Lane, and the other hit the wall of the main building from the side of the courtyard at the level of the third floor. As a result, in the buildings on the side of Aptekarsky Lane and in the second transverse courtyard building, ceilings, partitions, doors, floors burned out and collapsed.
(Restoration of architectural monuments of Leningrad. 2nd ed. Kedrinsky A. A. and others - L .: Stroyizdat, 1987, S. 373-376, added nikspb)
The restoration of the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment was entrusted to the Lenproekt workshop, headed by I. G. Kaptsyug.
The restorers had two options: to bring down the curved wall and lay it out again, or to find a way to straighten it.
The State Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments of Leningrad was in favor of the second one, as it made it possible to preserve the original facade. To solve this very difficult question attracted specialists from the Research Institute of the Academy of Public Utilities - Doctor of Technical Sciences Professor N. N. Aistov, Candidates of Technical Sciences A. A. Zaderman and V. V. Maksimov and engineer R. I. Chernenko.
As a result of a thorough and comprehensive study of the state of the building, as well as based on the available technical means, it was decided to straighten the wall using thirteen screw manual jacks with a lifting capacity of up to twenty tons each. Rods from jacks were attached to the wall throughout its deformed section.
At the same time, the wall was divided into two zones: upper and lower, which made it possible to regulate the straightening process, which was carried out in "jumps", i.e., in separate periods. By the end of the first day of work, after the fourth "jump", it turned out that the upper zone was moving more intensively, and therefore, during the fifth and sixth periods, only the jacks of the lower zone were operated.
All work on straightening the wall, including auxiliary and auxiliary, lasted three days - from October 16 to October 18, 1945. The jacks were turned on eleven times. On October 16, five "jumps" were made, the next day - two more, and on the last day - four.
In total, it took an hour and a half to straighten the wall.
Observation of the state of the wall during the year showed that the work was done flawlessly and no new deformations arose. This made it possible in the summer of 1946 to complete the restoration of the facades and their relief decor.
In 1949, work began on the restoration of the right transverse hull, the interiors of which were reconstructed at the same time.
(Restoration of architectural monuments of Leningrad. 2nd ed. Kedrinsky A. A. and others - L .: Stroyizdat, 1987 P. 373,376-378 added nikspb)
Glavgosexpertiza of Russia odo shaved the project of adapting the building of the barracks of the Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment, located near the Field of Mars in St. Petersburg, into a hotel. The complex of six combined buildings, where the palace of Empress Elizabeth I was originally located, will be turned into a hotel with 108 rooms and a swimming pool.
The facades of the building, which has the status of an architectural monument and a cultural object of federal significance, will be restored. Inside there will be a hotel with a total area of almost 44,000 square meters. It will have 108 rooms for 244 guests, a sports and recreation complex with a gym and a swimming pool, a cultural and leisure center with a cinema and a billiard room, office and technical rooms.
Bank Saint Petersburg has acquired control over Lotos Hotels LLC, previously owned by the strategic investor Plaza Lotus Group, Kommersant reports. Together with the company, the bank received a reconstruction project for a luxury hotel facility cultural heritage- the former building of the barracks of the Life Guards Pavlovsky Regiment, the former office of "Lenenergo" on the Field of Mars, 1a in the center of St. Petersburg.
LLC "Lotos Hotels" was included in the list of affiliated persons of the bank in October. As representatives of the bank told the publication, 80% of the company's shares were bought by closed-end investment funds under the management of the structure of the bank "St. Petersburg - Management Company" BSPB Capital ". A 20% stake was transferred to the bank as a result of negotiations with Plaza Lotus Group for the debts of Lotos Hotels - the bank received full control over the project.
The original version involved the reconstruction of a historic building with an area of 24.7 thousand square meters. m for a hotel with 200 rooms. There were other options as well. The last one is L.A. Litvinov St. Petersburg Architectural Association LLC. In this option, the total area of the hotel should be 43.9 thousand square meters. m. It was planned to accommodate 108 rooms, including 16 duplex apartments. A cinema hall, a billiards room, a living room, a library are designed on the underground floor, on the first floor there is a bedroom with a dressing room, a dining room and a mini-kitchen, on both tiers there are bathrooms and bathrooms.
In addition, in the basement it was planned to arrange a sports and recreation center with a swimming pool, a hydromassage complex, baths and a medical office. Underground parking for 97 cars is designed under all three yards.
The project also included the restoration of facades, sculptural groups on the attics and the parapet wall, which was lost during the repeated repair of the roof.
The approximate volume of investments in the project was initially estimated at 3.5 billion rubles. The bank intends to invest 5 billion rubles and complete the project on its own or attract an investor. Although in December 2016 the project was approved by the Glavgosexpertiza of Russia, and a permit for reconstruction was issued in June last year, the final parameters of the project have not yet been determined.
The renovation permit is valid until the end of 2022.
According to the publication, the bank is now suing two other structures of the strategic investor Plaza Lotus Group - Plaza Lotus Group LLC and Orange Development JSC, recovering 221.6 million rubles for debts under the project on Primorsky Prospekt. The company also received this site for the purpose of building a hotel as part of a strategic project.
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Appeared in the 1720-1730s. On the site of the modern house number 1 there were two buildings. One of them was built in the early 1720s, in which in 1725 the eldest daughter of Peter I Anna and her husband Duke Karl-Friedrich Gottorp-Holstein settled after the wedding. They lived here until their expulsion from Russia on July 25, 1727.
Catherine I granted the vacated mansion to the cousin of Peter I, Prince A. L. Naryshkin. After his death in 1732, the house passed into the treasury. The daughter of Peter I Elizabeth and her morganatic husband A. G. Razumovsky settled in it. The palace of Elizaveta Petrovna on the Field of Mars became the place where a group of conspirators actively convinced her of the need to take power in Russia into their own hands.
In the neighborhood with Elizaveta Petrovna lived the life physician Johann Lestok. He became an active participant in the coup, as a result of which the princess became empress. The conspirators A. G. Razumovsky, M. I. Vorontsov, I. I. Shuvalov, S. F. Saltykov and S. F. Apraksin gathered in his house. On the night of the coup on November 25, 1741, he, together with M.I. Vorontsov, stood on the heels of the sleigh of the princess, who was rushing to raise the soldiers of the Preobrazhensky Regiment.
Lestok continued to take part in palace intrigues. As a result of these intrigues, he fell into disfavor with the Empress. Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, who judged Lestok, in 1748 was given the doctor's house "with all the precious things and silver." After the death of Apraksin, the house of Lestok on the Field of Mars passed into the possession of A. G. Razumovsky. The writer A.P. Sumarokov lived in Razumovsky's house as an adjutant in the 1740s.
After the death of Elizabeth Petrovna in 1762, both buildings were purchased from Razumovsky by the treasury. In 1770 they were demolished, in their place in 1780, according to the project of Yu. M. Felten, a three-story Lombard building was built with a facade on Millionnaya Street. In 1784, the Lombard building was transferred to the Educational Home. His trustee was I. I. Betskoy, who also lived in a house on the Field of Mars (Millionnaya st. 1). In 1797 the Orphanage moved to the Moika embankment. The premises of the former Lombard were occupied by the Pavlovsky regiment.
The Lombard building may have been rebuilt in the early 1800s. Then the architect L. Ruska prepared a project for the construction of a huge complex of buildings of the capital's ministries on the western border of the Field of Mars. This project was not implemented.
The building of the Lombard did not at all correspond to the needs of the Pavlovsky regiment. Petersburg architects actively developed proposals for adapting the old house for military needs. They were headed by the architect L. Ruska. Under Paul I, there was not enough money to implement ideas, and Alexander I did not like the proposed projects. As a result, he entrusted the reconstruction of the Lombard to the architect V.P. Stasov. It was this architect who built the barracks to accommodate the Pavlovsky regiment, thus setting the tone further development architectural appearance of the adjacent area. For this work, on March 2, 1817, by imperial decree, Stasov was granted a life pension of 2,000 rubles a year.
Construction work began in the spring of 1817 and continued for two years. The premises of the lower floor were left unfinished, as they were intended for kitchens, laundries, warehouses and regimental workshops. On the first floor there were rooms for officers and soldiers. From the side of Aptekarsky Lane there were arsenals, forges, sheds and other utility rooms. In 1820, on the second and third floors in the center of the building, the church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky was built. The same floors housed the chambers of regimental commanders, six staff officers and 34 chief officers. The buildings on the side of Millionnaya Street and Aptekarsky Lane contained quarters for 3,000 people. Stables for 47 stalls were equipped in the yard. The premises of the building were equipped with 3,037 stoves. The total area of the building of the barracks of the Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment was 150,000 square meters. m.
The length of the building of the barracks of the Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment from the side of the Field of Mars was 155 meters. Sculptures for its decoration were supposedly sculpted by V. I. Demut-Malinovsky. In 1860-1862 and 1885, a partial change of interiors took place.
The Pavlovsky regiment took an active part in the uprising on October 25, 1917. At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Pavlovites set up outposts at the corner of Moshkov Lane and Millionnaya Street.
On March 25, 1918, the regiment was disbanded, the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment stood empty for 10 years. They were used by homeless children who caught cats here to sell their skins.
In 1928, the building was transferred to the management of "Elektrotok", or "Petrotok", now - "Lenenergo". At the same time, the sculptor Rassadin redesigned the bas-relief on the upper part of the main attic, removing the symbols of royal power from it. At the same time, the inscription "Barracks of the Life Guards of the Pavlovsky Regiment" on the attic was replaced by the new "Lenenergo". Instead of barracks, there appeared offices of heads of departments and rooms for employees. On the site of the regimental church, a club of employees of "Electrocurrent" was located. The repair of the building was completed the following year, after which the employees of "Electrocurrent" began their work.
From September 6 to September 14, 1941, the 7th division of the people's militia was formed in the building of the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment. During the siege, the house suffered from a direct hit by aerial bombs and artillery shells. The headquarters of "Lenenergo" was one of the targets of the German aviation. A 250-kilogram air bomb, having broken through three floors, remained in the building without exploding. On November 6, 1941, five people died while trying to defuse it, the bomb exploded 1 hour and 20 minutes after it fell. One of the artillery shells exploded in the building from Aptekarsky Lane. A high-explosive charge pierced the wall of the main building, destroyed partitions and floors, and set fire to the building. In 1945-1948, the facades were restored by the Lenproekt workshop, headed by I. G. Kaptsyug. On October 16-18, 1945, a unique operation was performed to straighten the outwardly curved wall of the main facade with the help of 13 screw wrist jacks, each with a lifting capacity of 20 tons. In 1949, the restoration of the building from the side of Millionnaya Street took place.
In 2011 Lenenergo moved to a new building. The following year, the reconstruction of the barracks building of the Pavlovsky Regiment began to turn it into an elite hotel.
