Lopukhin Estate

address : Maly Znamensky pereulok 3

Built in the first half of the 18th century, this house stands on the whitestone foundation of the 17th century Lopukhin estate, which was confiscated and then returned to the owners in 1728. Beginning in the 1760s it belonged to Prince G. A. Potemkin. In 1775 it was connected by a special passageway to Catherine the Great's Prechistenka Palace, designed by M. F. Kazakov. In the late 18th century the estate was owned by Count A. Ya. Protasov, a tutor of Emperor Alexander I. The Protasov coat of arms adorns the facade and the tympanum in the pediment of the portico supported by six Corinthian columns. In the 19th century Major General D. N. Bologovsky and A. N. Bakhmetev leased the house. A. S. Pushkin and N. V. Gogol may have been guests there. Currently the building accommodates the International Center of the Roerichs.

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