Troitskaya pl. P.S., 5  

59.953644966306, 30.327055882321 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque dedicated to an architect
Number of cyrillic letters “C”
6

Историческая справка

An organisation called “Society of Former Pre-Revolutionary Political Convicts and Exiled Settlers” (Obschestvo byvshikh politkatorzhan i ssylnoposelentsev) (also known under acronyms “OBPKiS” and “OPK”) existed in the USSR in 1921-1935. The society members studied life and household of hard labour colonies and places of exile in pre-revolutionary times and carried out socio-educational activities. 
Such prominent revolutionaries as Vadim Aleksandrovich Bystryansky, Vera Nikolayevna Figner, Vladimir Anatolyevich Zhdanov, Vladimir Dmitrievich Vilensky-Sibiryakov, Anna Pavlovna Pribylyova-Korba, Ivan Adolfovich Teodorovich and many others were members of OPK.
The Leningrad unit of OPK was established in 1924. Offices of the Society, which initially had 122 members, were located at house number 24 on prospekt 25 Oktyabrya (Nevsky prospekt). The Society members conducted excursions at the Museum of Hard Labour Colonies and Exile, around revolution-related landmarks of Leningrad, and participated in creation of the museum in Schlusselburg Fortress (Shlisselburgskaya krepost).
In 1929-1933 the House of Society of Former Pre-Revolutionary Political Convicts and Exiled Settlers was erected on ploschad Revolutsii (Revolution Square) (now Troitskaya ploschad of Petrograd Side) upon the project of architects Grigory Aleksandrovich Simonov, Pavel Vasilyevich Abrosimov and Aleksander Fyodorovich Khryakov. This building in the style of constructivism became one of the first commune houses in Leningrad. According to the “new household” concept, a canteen was arranged in the house, but there were no kitchens. Besides, on the ground floor there was a 500-seat auditorium, a kindergarten, a museum, a library and a club. The building has an open delta shape and consists of three blocks, the main one facing the square. The second block faces Petrovskaya naberezhnaya, and the third one is adjacent to the other two at acute angles. 
By a twist of fate, a lot of former pre-revolutionary political convicts once again fell victim to political repressions. The house itself was subsequently rebuilt, the apartments were expanded and fitted out with kitchens, so the “new household” ideals had to be abandoned. However, some of the public spaces, such as kindergarten and, of course, the library remained in the house.

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