Apostolopulo House

Location of Apostolopulo House in Russia

Apostolopulo House (Alafuzov House) (Russian: Дом Апостолопуло) is a 19th-century mansion in Taganrog (str. Frunze, 26), Russia. It is located on the land plot which is at the corner of Frunze Street and Italyansky Lane.

History

Under a decree issued in 1806 by the Emperor Alexander I concerning the partition of land in the neighborhood of Taganrog settler Ivan Apostolopulo received a plot of 150 acres.^[1]

At the beginning of the 1870s the building on Nikolayevskaya Street, 28 (nowadays str. Frunze, 26) belonged to the bourgeoisie Maria Apostolopulo.^[1] At the end of the 1880s the house was bought by the pharmacist Yakov Solomonovich Parnokh.^[1] Possibly his children, lately known as Valentin Parnakh (1891 — 1951) and Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891 — 1968), were born in the house.

At the beginning of the 1890s the house was bought by the wealthy peasant Cleopatra Karpovna Krasnokutskaya,^[1] and at the beginning of the 20th century the attorney of District Court Konstantin Konstantinovich Popandopulo owned the building.^[1]

Around the 1910s Apostolopulo House was acquired by the 50-year-old hereditary honourable citizen Nikolay Nikolaevich Alafuzov who was considered as the rich house owner.^[1] In some sources this house is sometimes called Alafuzov House after him.^[2][3]

In the mid-1980s, the cellar of this house was equipped as the workshop of artists Leonid Stukanov and Yury Shabelnikov, who taught at the Taganrog Children's Art School. From the mid-1990s, there was a pharmacy in the building.

In the middle of the 2000s, the building was purchased by the owners of the IT company Coral-Micro to house their computer and office equipment store "Office World of KM", as well as a service center.

Architectural features

Architectural criticism of the 1870s-1880s highly appreciated the trend that arose at that time, based on a program mix of motifs of different architectural styles (most often Renaissance, Baroque and early classicism).^[2] Buildings of this type were built in large numbers in Taganrog in the last third of the XIX century, and the house of Apostolopulo is one of them.^[2]

Famous inhabitants

• Parnokh, Yakov Solomonovich (1847-1912) - pharmacist, owner of the pharmacy, a member of the city Duma of Taganrog, an honorary citizen of Taganrog.^[1]
• Stukanov, Leonid Alexandrovich (1947-1998) - Russian artist, teacher, member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
• Shabelnikov, Yury Leonidovich (1959) - Russian artist.

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