House of P. M. Zaslavskaya, Regional cultural heritage building in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
This corner residence at Pushkinskaya Street and Semashko Lane is a three-story building designed in Art Nouveau style with Gothic influences. It has two separate sections, each with its own entrance, internal staircase, and elevator.
Built in 1914 to the design of architect Vasily Popov, the house held the offices and residence of Rostov-on-Don mayor, major-general Ivan Nikolayevich Zvorykin. After the 1917 revolution it was nationalized and housed offices, institutions, flats and a soviet school hostel; some original decor was lost. From 1923 to 1926 playwright Vladimir Kirshon lived in communal flat No. 10, whose windows faced the yard.
The building displays early 20th-century decorative details including hexagonal bay windows and pointed arches visible across its facade. These ornamental elements shape how locals and visitors perceive this corner of the neighborhood.
The building is a private residence and offices, not open to visitors; view the facades from the intersection of Pushkinskaya Street and Semashko Lane. The corner turret and the lancet-arch main entrance are best seen from across the street.
The parapet of the corner turret once featured carved knight figures as decoration until the 1960s when they were removed. The distinctive dome of this turret remains intact today and still draws attention to that corner when walking by.
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