St. Petersburg continues to lose its historical appearance due to the connivance of Smolny officials and the indifference of the city governor Alexander Beglov. This time, the Northern capital lost the house of the merchant Masalev in the village of Pesochny, built at the beginning of the XNUMXth century.
As the Telegram channel writes “Living city“, according to journalist Dmitry Ratnikov, in the village of Pesochny, the former house of the merchant Masalev, located on Sovetskaya Street, 15, was demolished. The two-story house with two mezzanines and a corner bay window was erected at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. It belonged to the merchant Peter Masalev. The first floor was occupied by a retail store. During the Great Patriotic War, a canteen for military personnel was located on the ground floor.
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Together with the neighboring house No. 17 on Sovetskaya Street, it recently formed a unique small architectural ensemble at the intersection with Shkolnaya Street. The issue of preserving the house has been raised several times since 2012, but officials have remained deaf to such calls.
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House number 17 collapsed in April 2018, and the former house of the merchant Masalev burned in June 2019. After the fire, there was practically no hope for its preservation and restoration. Now they have completely disappeared - according to Ratnikov, one of the oldest houses has been demolished.
Let us recall that the media have repeatedly criticized Smolny and Governor Beglov for their connivance towards cultural heritage sites. Throughout St. Petersburg, dozens, if not hundreds of architectural monuments require immediate restoration and restoration, but officials do not want to notice the problem.
Previously, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin reacted for the upcoming demolition of a historic building in St. Petersburg. He instructed law enforcement agencies to check the legality of the demolition of the “Lapin House” at 26 Rizhsky Avenue, built in 1840.