Mayurov House, also known as the Roundhouse is a famous building in

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

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. It is located in the city center on the

Hretska Ploshcha Hretska Square, or Hretska Ploshcha ( uk, Грецька Площа, lit=Greek Square) is one of the main squares of Odesa. It is on the crossing of Hretska Street and Oleksandrivskyi Prospekt. At different times it has been called Aleksandrovs ...

(Greek Square), dividing it into two parts: a round part (with a well in past) and the Greek Market.

History

The building was built by Russian colonel Aleksey Mayurov, who was a special officer of the Governor-General of

Novorossiya Governorate Novorossiya Governorate (russian: Новороссийская губерния, Novorossiyskaya guberniya, New Russia Governorate; uk, Новоросійська губернія), was a governorate of the Russian Empire in the previously O ...

. The permission for the building was given by

Prince Vorontsov Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (russian: Князь Михаи́л Семёнович Воронцо́в, tr. ; ) was a Russian nobleman and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic wars and most famous for his participati ...

on January 4, 1841. The house was built in the 1840s by

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Ivan Dallakva. In 1894 the building was reconstructed by the architect I.F. Yatsenko. Round house middle 20th century

In the 1920s, the house manager was former convict Sergei Martynovsky, who was the founder and the manager of the Museum of Communist Party History. The Greek Square was named in his honor for a long time (called Martynovskogo Square). In 1996 the house was demolished and rebuilt with significant changes. The 7-floor structure was built inside the yard, but only the façade was saved. Currently, the modern shopping center ''Athena'' (also known as ''Athena Gallery'') is located in the newly constructed building.

The role of the building during 2 May 2014 clashes

During the 2 May 2014 Odesa clashes the parts of the

and Hretska Street located beside the Mayurov House were the centre of street riots. A big group of pro-Russian militants were blocked in the Mayurov House. Then, a person with a St. George ribbon fired a gun from the roof of the building on the pro-Ukrainian activists, who occupied the Greek Square at that time.С крыши торгового центра "Афина" из пистолета стреляют в людей
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References

Sources

* Губарь О. Старые дома и другие памятные места Одессы. — Одесса, 2006. * Сегал М. Одесса моей молодости // Одесский вестник. 1993. дек.

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