The Reznichenko House () is a building in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

at 47 Pushkinskaya Street. The mansion was built in the late 1890s, presumably as a guest house for VIPs. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

History and description

The house was originally owned by K. S. Reznichenko, though it later passed through several owners. In the early 1920s, the house was nationalized and transferred to the

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces from 1992-2010. Before 1992 it had been part of the Soviet Armed Forces since 1918. In 2010 it became the Southern Military District and lately also included t ...

. Apartments in the house were given to senior officers of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

. The two-storeyed house is built in the

neo-baroque style The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is used to describe architecture and architectu ...

, with its main facade facing Pushkinskaya Street. Horizontal partitioning of the building is achieved via projections between the floors and

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...

s. The first floor is rusticated. Window openings are framed by decorative platbands. Windows of the second floor are finished with arched sandricks with female heads. The walls are decorated by Corinthian

pilaster In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an ext ...

s. The facade of the building is completed by attics with

pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...

s located on the sides. On the second floor there are balconies with decorative wrought iron gratings. The house has changed little from its original appearance, only the windows and bars with pedestals on the parapet were replaced.

References

{{reflist Tourist attractions in Rostov-on-Don Buildings and structures in Rostov-on-Don Baroque Revival architecture Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast