Chirakhov House, Historic building in Simferopol, Crimea
The Chirakhov House is an eclectic-style landmark at the corner of Odesskaya Street and Kirova Avenue, also known as the House with Ten Dragons. It was built in the early 20th century to a design by architect B. A. Zaionchkovsky and features cast-iron openwork elements on its veranda. Its main decorative element is a series of relief stylized dragons on the facade.
Merchant Kh. K. Chirakhov petitioned in 1886 to establish a trading house, and the building itself was erected in the early 20th century to a design by architect B. A. Zaionchkovsky. It housed the city's first exchange as well as a hotel. In 2017 the building was bought by the firm Moro Mare, half-owned by the son of Sergei Aksyonov, head of the Republic of Crimea.
Locals call it the "House with Ten Dragons" after the relief dragons on its facade, and the name has stuck. The building now holds a pizzeria and a restaurant; the pizzeria opened in 1984 for Simferopol's 200th anniversary, and a second one using traditional Italian technique followed in the 1990s. Small models of the house represent Simferopol in the miniature parks at Alushta and Bakhchysarai.
The house stands at the corner of Odesskaya Street and Kirova Avenue, at number 21 on the avenue, in central Simferopol. The dragon reliefs and the cast-iron openwork of the veranda are on the facade, so they are best examined in daylight from the street. A pizzeria and a restaurant now occupy the building.
The house is nicknamed the "House with Ten Dragons" for the relief dragons on its facade, and a model of it represents Simferopol in the Crimea in Miniature park in Alushta and in the Bakhchisaray Miniature Park.
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