VLADIVOSTOK: A HISTORIC WALKING TOUR 

  52, SVETLANSKAYA STREET

 

MILITARY GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE

     Albeit small, the former home of the Military Governor reflects yet another facet of the lively architectural activity at the close of the 19th century in Vladivostok.  Commissioned to a military engineer and colonel, V. G. Mooro, in 1890-91, the residence was intended to resemble an old Russian estate.  The simplicity of the design, coupled with an emphasis on severe and laconic forms, measured proportions, and a well-planned interior, make the building a notable architectural monument.

     The residence of the Military Governor is of great interest both from the architectural and the historical points of view.  Invited by General Pavel F. Unterberger, the occupant of the house in 1891, the Tsarevitch Nicholas stayed here during his visit to Vladivostok; the Vladivostok Soviet of Workers’ and

 

 

 

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and Soldiers’ Deputies met here from December 1917 through 1918; and communists were kept prisoners here during the years of the Intervention and the Merkulov coup in 1921.  Since 1925 the building has been used as the Ilyich Children’s Palace (reflecting the patronymic of Vladimir Lenin), later renamed the Pioneers’ Palace.  It has recently been renovated, and has housed both business and administrative offices.

 

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