The Pikul house in Severodvinsk (Russian: Дом Пикуля в Северодвинске, Dom Pukulya v Severodvinske) is a wooden two-story building at the intersection of Industrialnaya and Polyarnaya streets. The house is famous for the fact that future famous Soviet writer Valentin Savvich Pikul lived in it in 1940–1941.
| Pikul House | |
|---|---|
Дом Пикуля в Северодвинске | |
 Front view of the house | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Emergency condition |
| Architectural style | classicism, modernism, soviet architecture |
| Location |  Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Address | Industrialnaya street, 36/19 |
| Town or city |  Severodvinsk |
| Country |  Russian Federation |
| Coordinates | 64°33′44″N 39°49′54″E / 64.56222°N 39.83167°E |
| Current tenants | "Pikul Hotel" company |
| Opened | 1940 |
| Landlord | City administration of Severodvinsk |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Known for | Valentin Pikul, former house's inhabitant |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |  1, 16, 18 |
History of the house
editThe house was built in 1940 for the workers of the new city of Molotovsk (since 1957 Severodvinsk) and shows up as an example of wooden Soviet architecture of the first half of the 20th century. Valentin Pikul's father moved to Molotovsk in July 1940 to work at a shipyard. In September 1940, young Valentin Pikul moved from Leningrad with his mother to one of the communal apartments overlooking a spacious terrace in that house.
During his life in Molotovsk, Valentin finished the 5th grade of middle school and went to the House of Pioneers for the Young Sailor group, but already in 1941, after the exams, he left Molotovsk and returned to Leningrad.[1][2]
Today's situation
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On 26 July 2005, the wear and tear of the house amounted to 62%. The condition was declared critical and the house was resettled. According to the program "Resettlement of citizens from emergency housing stock for 2013–2017" it had to be demolished. However, in 2016, because of the support of local activists, including the "My Severodvinsk" movement, a cultural and historical inspection of the house was carried out. Experts defined the house as "an example of the classicism style with modern elements." According to their conclusions, in 2018, "The Pikul House in Severodvinsk" was recognized as a monument of urban planning and architecture of regional significance in Arkhangelsk Oblast.[3][4][5]
For 2 years of being on the balance of the city budget, 2.2 million rubles were spent on the Pikul house from the budget. With the city's expenditures in 2021 in the amount of 8.7 billion rubles, the city administration called the maintenance of that house an "excessive burden".[6][7]
In 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic, the house was put up for rent for 49 years for only 1 ruble. The condition for rent was to repair the building and to create Pikul museum room. As a result of the auction, the Severodvinsk company "Pikul Hotel" became the tenant of the house. It is going to place a hotel inside the house[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Пикуль В.С. на Литературной карте: Литературный Север, г.Северодвинск". writers.aonb.ru. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "В Северодвинске спасут дом Валентина Пикуля". Российская газета. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Народ — за, депутаты — в сомнениях: северяне решают судьбу Дома Пикуля". 29.ru – новости Архангельска (in Russian). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Дом Пикуля из ужасов по Кингу: обиталище маргиналов готовится стать культурным наследием". 29.ru – новости Архангельска (in Russian). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Дом Пикуля в Северодвинске признали объектом культурного наследия России". 29.ru – новости Архангельска (in Russian). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Бюджет Северодвинска на 2021 год приняли во втором чтении". www.dvinainform.ru. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Депутаты Северодвинска попросили забрать дом Пикуля в собственность области". 29.ru – новости Архангельска (in Russian). 20 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Администрация Северодвинска выставила на аукцион дом Пикуля. Арендатор должен его отреставрировать". 29.ru – новости Архангельска (in Russian). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Памятный Дом Пикуля в Северодвинске превратится в отель – Общество – Новости Архангельска". Новости Архангельска и области – News29.ru. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.