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The restoration of the façades of the Baevs' city estate, located on Prospekt Mira (Building 52, Buildings 1 and 2), has been completed. The complex consists of two mansions dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, connected by a passageway with a winter garden. The buildings are under the jurisdiction of the Main Directorate for Servicing the Diplomatic Corps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (GlavUpDK under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia) and are designated a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
"The Baevs' city estate on Mira Avenue is a valuable architectural landmark, preserving much of its façade decoration, executed in the eclectic style of the second half of the 19th century, incorporating elements of various historical European styles. One of the main decorations and most distinctive elements of Building 1 is the asymmetrically positioned bay window with volute brackets and façade moldings. Similar brackets can also be seen under the passageway arch. Façade restoration began in 2024 and is now fully completed," said the head of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage.
According to him, specialists reinforced the brickwork, removed later paint deposits from the stucco and drawn decoration, and repaired the plaster surfaces. The facades were restored to their original light green color, which restorers discovered during their research.
Additionally, during the work, the interior entrance doors were replaced with wooden ones, based on historical counterparts. Backlighting was installed on the facades facing Mira Avenue, the roofing was renewed, and the artistic roof railing was recreated. All work was carried out according to the approved design and under the supervision of Department of Cultural HeritageThe restoration was carried out by the Main Directorate of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The history of the Baevs' city estate dates back to the 19th century. After the fire of 1812, the wooden buildings on 1st Meshchanskaya Street (now Prospekt Mira) gradually gave way to stone buildings, mostly two-story. In 1816, the site of the current complex was occupied by an Empire-style mansion belonging to the Moscow merchant Vasily Yerofeyev.
The property was divided into a courtyard and a garden. A two-story stone house once stood where Building 2 stands today. Outbuildings were located along the northern and southern boundaries of the property, and a wooden gazebo stood in the garden on the eastern side. In 1848, a mezzanine floor was added to the main house. In 1867, when the estate belonged to the hereditary honorary citizen Alexandra Epishkina, the Empire-style façade was rebuilt in the eclectic style, embellished with Baroque elements. The architect Vasily Shtrom designed the project.
In the second half of the 19th century, the estate changed hands. In 1896, it passed to the Baev merchant family, headed by hereditary honorary citizen Ivan Baev, owner of the shoe company "Baev Ivan Denisovich Sr. and His Brothers." As the family grew, new space was needed, and active construction began on the property. That same year, 1896, a two-story mansion with a mezzanine in the eclectic style was erected on a vacant lot along the street, designed by architect Vladimir Chagin. It was connected to the main house by a passageway with a winter garden on the second floor.
After the 1917 revolution, the estate buildings were nationalized and, several decades later, transferred to the use of the diplomatic corps.
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