Kaluga, Pushkin st., 4

Cultural heritage site of federal significance “Shamil’s House, 19th century”

Description:
On the corner of Pushkin and Bauman streets there is a three-storey mansion built in the late 18th century for the merchant Ivan Galaktionovich Bilibin. Later the house of I.G. Bilibin belonged to his son, a major St. Petersburg businessman Vasily Ivanovich. In 1848 the house was bought by retired lieutenant colonel A.M. Sukhotin, and in 1859 this house attracted the attention of all of Kaluga.
On August 26, 1859 the imam of Chechnya and Dagestan Shamil surrendered in Gunib. After being received in St. Petersburg by Emperor Alexander II, Shamil was assigned Kaluga for residence, where he arrived on October 10, 1859.
This became an exceptionally significant event in the life of the city. In November, the imam moved into the house, and in January 1860, his family arrived with servants – 22 people in total.
November 25, 1868. Shamil and his family leave Kaluga.
Residents of Kaluga have forever associated house No. 4 on Pushkin Street with his name.
Now it houses the Museum of Weapons and an exhibition dedicated to the Kaluga Diocese.

Completed works:
– technical supervision;
– repair and restoration works.