[club55109457|The Girshman Professor Eye Hospital was located on Moskalievka Street.4 photos

(An interesting story about Building No. 55). Moskalevka is one of the oldest districts in our beautiful city. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that the houses built here have quite interesting histories, and these histories are often shrouded in many secrets and mysteries. One such example is Building No. 55 on Octobrskaya Revolutsiya Street. In the area where we now see this gray, old building, back in the 1850s, there was a mechanical, iron-smelting, and foundry workshop owned by Dobychina. In 1872, it came under the ownership of Vasily Grigoryevich Ponomarev. In 1879, Albert Fedorovich Belke (a Prussian citizen) and the noblewoman Maria Nikolaevna Remizova purchased the factory, which was then renamed the “Iron-Medal-Copper-Kettle Factory.” Until 1884, the factory building itself was located in the back of the courtyard; from the side facing Moskalevka, one could see a cellar and a guard room. In 1884, according to the design by architect I.P. Ginzh, a beautiful two-story building was constructed, which still stands today. During 1884-1885, the owners purchased three nearby wooden houses, and Professor L.L. Girschman’s clinic with 10 beds was established in Building No. 55. It wasn’t until 1912 that the clinic moved to its own premises on Shevchenko Street. Unfortunately, during the post-war period, the building on Octobrskaya Revolutsiya Street was altered considerably, changing its appearance completely. For more information: vk.cc/2e0crG