D.A. Shepelev’s house in a range of baroque constructions

Abstract

Introduction. The paper is devoted to one of the objects of cultural heritage forming the architectural appearance of the Musin-Pushkin Estate at the intersection of Dobroslobodskaya and Spartakovskaya Streets in Moscow (now the complex of buildings of the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering) — the main house of the ensemble. This building has a status of federal cultural heritage object and has undergone numerous renovations and reorganizations by present time, and we can see the signs of it in the interiors and on the facades of the monument. Besides, the monument has a great construction history and includes building parts of different periods and architectural styles, which were detected as a result of historical-architectural and field studies. Thus, D.A. Shepelev’s house became the core of the ensemble on “Razgulay”, which later became part of the main building of Musin-Pushkin Estate. The results of the historical-architectural and field studies were considered in the article “D.A. Shepelev’s house as part of the main house of the Musin-Pushkin Estate in Moscow according to the materials of historical-architectural research”, published in the journal Vestnik MGSU. No. 6. 2023. The main aim of this work — to consider information from historical-architectural and field studies in a range of the similar, typologically and stylistically close constructions. This will allow to present the authentic appearance of the disappeared building with the greatest reliability and to give its graphical reconstruction.

Materials and methods. The study of the monument was based on the method of comprehensive source study, which includes the search and analysis of sources, literature, and selection of analogues. Studying of the object among stylistically and typologically similar buildings was based on historical-architectural and field studies with using of comparative method.

Results. As a result of the conducted research, the materials revealed in the course of historical-architectural and field studies, when considering them in the circle of analogues, received their stylistic identification and found confirmation in the considered, stylistically and typologically close buildings. The conducted analysis allowed us to propose a reconstruction of the original appearance of D.A. Shepelev’s house with baroque facade decoration typical for that time.

Conclusions. The proposed reconstruction is the result of complex research, which allows to present the original appearance of the building, which became the basis for the now existing main house of the Musin-Pushkin estate, although this reconstruction does not pursue the purpose of its recreation. It only marks the original appearance of the monument and reveals one of the pages in the history of such a significant for Moscow estate complex.