House of the Governor-General

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The building is included in the complex of the architectural ensemble of the Round Square.

The governor-general's house was built in 1808-1811, in the style of Russian provincial classicism. The project was designed by the St. Petersburg architect A. Zakharov. The largest of the three gubernatorial houses. In the 1840s, the building was rebuilt, according to the project of the province architect Rybin: on the main facade the front entrance was changed, the yard rezalitas were completed. The symmetrical main facade is decorated with a six-columned portico resting on the protruding basement floor. The building is a U-shaped in plan, three-story house, framed by a stone fence with two decorative gates.

In the pre-revolutionary period, the building housed the office of governors-general. In 1917, in the building that was handed over to the Soviet of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies, the First Provincial Congress of Soviets was held.

In the 20-ies of XX century, the building housed a children's technical school named after V.I. Lenin, later - the school of the police.

In 1943, the architectural ensemble of the Round Square was destroyed, including the Governor-General's House. In 1959 - 1960 the house was rebuilt with redevelopment, according to the project of VA. Pasechnogo.

To date, the building houses the Poltava Regional Council of Trade Unions.

You can get there by any public transport through the Center.