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About the building, now called the House of Tchaikovsky, the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov wrote to his brother: "If I were rich, I would certainly buy that house where Ippolit Tchaikovsky lived" . @ Indeed, this house is very beautiful . Built on a high steep green cliff, from a bright red brick, with a crenellated tower, high spire and stylized windows under the Middle Ages, the mansion gives the impression of a real castle . Besides this house itself imagine an ogre cultural and architectural value, there was also the great composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who was staying with his brother . Today there is a museum dedicated to the composer and a chamber concert hall .

The house in which Ippolit Ilyich Tchaikovsky lived, a retired sailor and brother of the great composer Pyotr Ilyich, was built by the order of lieutenant colonel of the Don Army, DG Kalinovsky. It was designed in 1871 by the architect MP Petrov. According to some of the versions, during construction, the Cossack was not lucky in the maps, and the still unfinished mansion transferred to the merchant Sarandino, at which the construction was completed, at the expense of the card debt.

Whether this is so, or just idle fancies, for sure It is not known, however, in the 1880-1890's. The house belonged to the widow of Sarandino.

In the period from 1883 to 1894, the estate of the Russian Shipping and Trade Company was rented over one of its agents, the naval officer Ippolit Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Pyotr Ilyich was in the mansion three times, as described by a beautiful commemorative plaque on the wall. After Hippolytus, the house was replaced by several owners, and after the events of October 1917 a children's hospital and other institutions were located here.

In 1974 the musical and foreign departments of the Central City Library named after MI Vernadsky settled in this building. Chekhov, as well as a chamber concert hall, the room-museum of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, united under the name "House of Music."

Outwardly this beautiful mansion, towering above a steep cliff, sounds like a fairy-tale castle.

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Outwardly this beautiful mansion, towering above a steep cliff, sounds like a fairy castle . Toothed high tower, pointed spire, stylized elongated lancet windows, walls made of red bricks create a very romantic picture . Apparently, the Russian Society of shipping and trade had a beautiful architectural taste and with a special diligence selected houses for its agents . Unfortunately, despite the charm of the mansion that we can see today, The same slightly differs from the original . The blame for that terrible Crimean earthquake, which happened in 1927 .Then, as a result of the violence of the elements, part of the left wing was damaged which was soon destroyed by . In 1974-1976 the house was reconstructed, and a weathervane with a ship's image appeared on the tower spire . It should be noted that before such a weathercock on the building has never been It was.And they added him here, apparently because of the occupation of Ippolit Ilyich Tchaikovsky and taking into account the "sea" nature of Taganrog .

The next restoration of the romantic "castle" was held between 2009 and 2010, in preparation for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. In the course of these works, the turret of the house acquired a new element - a belvedere, and the weather vane, which had previously adorned the building, was, on the contrary, removed.

Address: st. Greek, 56.