The Ter-Abramyan House ( rus, Дом Тер-Абрамяна, r=Dom Ter-Abramyana) is an edifice in the Leninsky District of

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, Russia. The house is located at 51

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(russian: Большая Садовая улица, 51). It was a

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. The building is also considered to be an object of

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History

Rostov businessman Ivan Abramovich Ter-Abramyan owned bookstore and engaged in publishing activities. His printing-office and publishing house were accommodated in rented premises. He needed own building. In the last quarter of the 19th century Ter-Abramyan decided to build a house. The Ter-Abramyan House was built in 1886. It was designed by famous Rostov architect Nikolay Matveyevich Sokolov. Dwellings in the building were rented. Ter-Abramyan printing-office worked at the ground floor. It issued books, calendars, newspapers and other. Along with the printing-office ''Donskaya pchela'' (russian: Донская пчела, literally ''Don bee'') newspaper editorial office worked. Also shops and photo studios, where worked photographers: Isakovich, G. A. Shifrin, B. P. Mishchenko, occupied the ground floor. ''Vechrneye vremya'' (russian: Вечернее время, literally ''Evening time'') newspaper editorial office was located in the Ter-Abramyan House in 1918.Вечернее время. — 1918. — Information about the placement of the editorial office After the death of Ivan Ter-Abramyan the house and the printing-office came into possession of his son Aram Ivanovich Ter-Abramyan. 50 peoples were working on six typewriters and 15 printing machines in the printing-office in 1910. The Ter-Abramyan House was nationalized after the establishment of the Soviet rule in 1920. Flats were transformed into communal apartments.

Description

The Ter-Abramyan House was designed in the

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style. The facade above the entrance is decorated with four draped female figures (

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) as supporting Ionic pilasters. The left side is crowned with a rounded frontal.

References

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