House Mistress Elizabeth Mikhailovna Buturlina that Tchaikovsky Street, 10 - one of the brightest representatives of the neo-baroque style.

The first owner of the plot on which the house was VD Korchmin. That his name is one of the St. Petersburg legends associates the name of Vasilyevsky Island. Presumably Korchmin Vasily Dmitrievich, commanded a battery on the arrow Vasilevsky Island, Peter I addressed my notes "Basil on the island."

In 1733 section went kamortsalmeysterskomu assistant M. Bedrina. Bedrin lodging, and he did not live here. After that the land belonged to the family Vyndomskih, which served as the founder of the under Ivan the Terrible, and one of his descendants served as governor of Moscow. Up until the 40s. 19c. on this site have wooden one-story house with the services.

In Buturlina land ownership passed in 1844. The mansion on this site was built in 1857-1860 gg. Its construction involved the architect Harold Ernestovich boss. House Buturlina sense of style, the overall composition, the execution of decorative elements of the facade is one of the best works of the architect. While working on the project Bosse widely applied principles of architectural composition of the palace buildings of the city in the mid-18th century.

Construction of the house was completed in 1860. At that time, the street was called Sergius. Only in 1923 it became the Tchaikovsky. But even changing the address, the mansion has not changed in appearance: the splendor and brilliance of architectural forms was decorated like Sergius street and Tchaikovsky Street.

His appearance attracted very naemschikov building, as more was like a palace than a condo. Bright Neo-Baroque forms create a feeling of permanent holiday. House Buturlina, as if defying the traditional style of the Baroque of its artificiality and theatricality. Neo-baroque is based on the use of advanced materials at the time - stained glass, tiles, printed fabrics. An essential attribute of this style - the abundance of gold and silver in the details. The whole building has retained its appearance until today.

The three-storey building has a central Corner of three axes, which is crowned by a bow-shaped pediment. Two lateral projections for its facade overlooking the red line the streets, and the middle part of the facade recedes slightly deeper. On the second floor, between the projection in the facade, there is a wide open terrace which encloses a lattice consisting of five lacy metal links. Drawers fences were decorated with statues and vases. Above the archway that led into the courtyard of the building, located emblem hostess. But, unfortunately, it is the decoration was lost.

Architect widely used sculptural elements in the decoration of the facade of the building, namely in the window frames. The facade of the third floor Bosse posted a three-quarter columns and pilasters. On a pedestal above the main cornice were figured vases. The main facade of the building with different finishes his strong plasticity perspective Moss Street.

The building's interior is also rich in its decoration, but in the details kept. The main decoration of rooms - a chair-chairs a la Louis 16. The space is illuminated by huge chandeliers rooms.

The house famous for the fact that in 1868 it rented a room in the family Sofia Kovalevskaya, who entered the history of Russia, as an outstanding mathematician, the first woman to become a member of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg.

With the 60-ies. 19th century and up until 1917, this building was the Austro-Hungarian Embassy. Immediately after the First World War, the embassy was destroyed crowd that showered him with stones and set fire to. Arriving firefighters longer tried to prevent a fire in the adjacent building and not save the mansion.

After 1917, this building accommodated soldiers prisoners of war. For space heating are used furniture. By 20 years. 20. the house was already dilapidated and in need of repair. In 1924-1925 gg. Buturlina house was placed under state protection as an architectural monument. In the 30-ies. It has been renovated and turned into an apartment building, whom he is to this day. In 1940, in the house he lived a famous chess player MM Botvinnik.