Kisin House

The Kisin House () is an edifice in the Leninsky District of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The house is located at 72 Moskovskaya street (). The building is also considered to be an object of cultural heritage.
History.
Wealthy Rostov merchants Venyamin Kisin and Isaak Froymovich agreed to build a new trading and revenue house. It was designed by famous architect Nikolay Doroshenko in the 1890s. The building was reconstructed according to a project of city architect Nikolay Dubrakh between 1902 and 1910. Before the revolution of 1917, dress shops occupied the ground floor. Dwellings were on the upper floors; the flats were rented local intellectuals, doctors, lawyers and engineers. Doctor Fabian Natanovich Gurari was one of the most famous tenants of the house. He came to prominence for his use, then unique, of X-rays to treat skin diseases.
After the revolution of 1917, Anastas Mikoyan food market and the local address bureau were located at the ground floor; later, the address bureau occupied the whole floor. This organization was mentioned in satirical novel "The Twelve Chairs". The larger dwellings were subdivided with additional walls, increasing the number of rooms and residents. Street children slept at the house in the 1920s.
Originally, the building was U-shaped; one side overlooked Gazetny Lane. This part of the building was lost to bombing in World War II. The Kisin House is dilapidated currently. There are plans for the rehousing of residents and the construction of a museum.
Description.
The Kisin House was designed in the Beaux-Arts style. A symmetrical facade crowned with an arched attic is decorated in the Modern style with elements of сlassicism and irrationalism. The side projections are decorated with exedra. Windows on the second floor are crowned with triangular cornice. Overdoors are set over central windows. The cornice is crowned with parapets established between decorative pedestals. The building has four balconies with balustrades.