History
From Moshkov to the present day
Three names in the house's title — three eras of Saint Petersburg. Here is what we know about the mansion; the search continues.
2 Moshkov Lane (20 Palace Embankment), Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1710s
Pyotr Moshkov's plot
The land on the embankment belongs to Pyotr Ivanovich Moshkov, court intendant to Peter the Great. The lane will later carry his name.
- 1730s
Vice Admiral Mishukov's mansion
Zakhar Danilovich Mishukov builds a two-storey corner house on the plot — one of the first stone mansions on the embankment.
- 1810
The Sollogub house
The house is bought by Alexander Sollogub. His son Vladimir, the future writer, spends his childhood here.
- 1856
Greifan's remodelling
Architect Kh. I. Greifan gives the mansion the austere classical look it has kept to this day.
- 19th–20th c.
The Alekseev mansion
The house passes to the Alekseev family, whose name becomes part of its official title. In Soviet years it is an apartment building.
- 2009
Listed heritage building
The mansion is entered in the register of cultural heritage of Saint Petersburg.
- 2027
Osobnyak Hotel
After restoration the house opens as a twelve-room boutique hotel with a restaurant and a hammam.
