The building of the newspaper ''Soviet South'' () 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 ...

which was built in 1911 in the

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style. It is located on the intersection of Khalturinsky lane and Shaumyan street. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance. (rus)

History of the building

The ''Soviet South'' building was built in 1911 as a

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commissioned by the merchant A. A. Levanidov. Since the mid-1920s, the offices of the regional newspapers ''Sovetsky Yug'' () and ''Komsomolets'' () were located on the top floor of the house. There, next to the working rooms, in the room with a view of the

Don River The Don () is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its basin is betwee ...

, lived writer A. A. Fadeev. In 1959, in memory of this, a memorial plaque with the text was installed on the facade: "Here in 1924-1926 worked in the editorial board of the ''Soviet South'' writer Fadeyev Alexander Alexandrovich (1901-1956). Living in this house, he wrote a famous novel, ''The Rout'' ()." Currently, the building is residential. On the ground floor there are shops.

References

{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Rostov-on-Don Buildings and structures completed in 1911 Cultural heritage monuments in Rostov-on-Don Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast