VINNYTSIA

Captain Chetkov’s Manor

Buildings

Description

  • Owing to plenty of stucco molding, Captain Chetkov's manor still serves as a brilliant accent in the architectural environment of the city.

It is the most noticeable modern building in the center of Vinnytsia. When seeing, at first sight, it makes you raise your eyebrows in surprise and even take off your hat as a sign of respect towards its creator. And then again and again it encourages walking through the cozy city center and admiring the elegant manor. All the facades of the extraordinary Art Nouveau monument are decorated with floral reliefs that give an impression of a fluffy holiday cake. Owing to plenty of stucco molding, Captain Chetkov's manor still serves as a brilliant accent in the architectural environment of the city.

It is the most noticeable modern building in the center of Vinnytsia. When seeing, at first sight, it makes you raise your eyebrows in surprise and even take off your hat as a sign of respect towards its creator. And then again and again it encourages walking through the cozy city center and admiring the elegant manor. All the facades of the extraordinary Art Nouveau monument are decorated with floral reliefs that give an impression of a fluffy holiday cake. Owing to plenty of stucco molding, Captain Chetkov's manor still serves as a brilliant accent in the architectural environment of the city.

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HISTORY

  • The owner of the architectural masterpiece lived in his house only three years

The Chetkovs kept the beautiful house. The head of the family was Oleksandr Matviiovych Chetkov, a retired artillery officer, nobleman, physical education teacher at Vinnytsia Real School, “unpresentable, cheerless, a man in a gray trench coat”. The family arrived in Vinnytsia in the early XX century and in 1910 ordered a manor to Vasyl Lystovnychyi, a famous Kyiv architect.

The Chetkovs kept the beautiful house. The head of the family was Oleksandr Matviiovych Chetkov, a retired artillery officer, nobleman, physical education teacher at Vinnytsia Real School, “unpresentable, cheerless, a man in a gray trench coat”. The family arrived in Vinnytsia in the early XX century and in 1910 ordered a manor to Vasyl Lystovnychyi, a famous Kyiv architect.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • The name of Lystovnychyi is famous due to his own house No. 13 at Andriyivskyi Descent in Kyiv, the Bulgakovs rented an apartment here. Neighbor misapprehensions used to happen between them quite often, and the architect was even mentioned as engineer Vasyl Lisovych or “Vasilisa” in Bulgakov’s novel.
  • The architect had a sad fate: he was shot by the Bolsheviks.
  • The name of Lystovnychyi is famous due to his own house No. 13 at Andriyivskyi Descent in Kyiv, the Bulgakovs rented an apartment here. Neighbor misapprehensions used to happen between them quite often, and the architect was even mentioned as engineer Vasyl Lisovych or “Vasilisa” in Bulgakov’s novel.
  • The architect had a sad fate: he was shot by the Bolsheviks.