Egyptian House is located near the metro station Chernyshevskaya nA Zaharevskoy street. Egyptian House should not be confused with other houses, at first glance it becomes clear that this is the Egyptian House. On both sides of the entrance - a statue of the sun god Ra, reminiscent of statues standing at the tombs of the pharaohs, the entrance - a bas-relief of Ra as a winged sun disk. Even higher - the sky goddess Hathor.

The building was commissioned by the state councilor's wife, Larisa Nezhinskaya by architect Michael Songayla. M. Songayla was committed very popular among the graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts in the early 20th century. neoclassical style. Michael Songayla - born in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1921 he emigrated to Lithuania, where he became head of the architectural department of Kaunas University.

Despite the fact that the building was commissioned by the architect, meant for renting, Nezhinskaya L. and her husband wanted the house to be original to impress everyone. Moreover, early 20c. Most artists exhibiting increased interest in everything that was associated with mysticism and the occult, and Songayla too was no exception. Particularly, by the way, there came to Egypt. Popularity enjoyed various Masonic signs, other symbols of secret ancient teachings.

House construction lasted from 1911 to 1913 Nezhinskaya desire was fulfilled - her house delighted the St. Petersburg audience. Osip Mandelstam in the "Egyptians" in 1913, wrote: "I built myself a house of well-being."

Egyptian House at the time was one of the most advanced. With automatic lifting lift "Stiegler" an elaborate plan. But a special impression, of course, produced its appearance. The abundance of decorative elements that are common with the Egyptian theme, the house did outstanding work of Russian Art Nouveau. And the proportions of the building exactly can take it to neoclassicism.

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Internal dvor contrasts strongly with a front facade of the building. Despite the fact that its walls are decorated with friezes, too, various deko?% 8tivnye elements and naprotiv arki on both sides of the lift are located figure tsarya tsaritsy and, in general, is a traditional gloomy Petersburg "well".

At the beginning of World War II to one of the corners of the building was set with a machine gun turret to fire at the German bombers. During the war, the house did not hurt.

Before the First World War, the building housed the Embassy of Romania and Belgium. Later, there was a version of the "Art of Leningrad".

In 2007, the program of restoration of facades house was renovated. But the repair was carried out with gross violations, the forest is attached directly to the bas-relief, which could not displease architectural committees, which are responsible for the safety of buildings. Under their pressure, we have started to make repairs using more benign methods. But the walls of Egyptian homes, which face the courtyard, continue to collapse, and made of textured plaster reliefs crumble before our eyes.

Once the home of Russell and made repairs of internal premises, he became the elite. Its courtyard is guarded. Now the house of the Egyptian side by side gun shop, cafes, offices of several companies, here are the classrooms of "Center of technical equipment for anti-terrorist and operative-search activity."