Chernigovskaya Street is the lower embankment of the Oka; its old name was Blagoveshchenskaya Sloboda, Nizhne-Okskaya Embankment.

History of the Street

It was created as part of the general system of urban planning transformations in Nizhny Novgorod in 1834–1839, based on designs by the architects Efimov and Gotman. The construction of the embankment coincided with the great fire of 1836, in which the entire old, predominantly wooden buildings burned down. After that, only stone buildings were permitted to be erected along the Oka. Thus, by the end of the 19th century, a unified architectural and industrial complex had formed on Chernigovskaya Street, consisting of tenement houses, hotels, and the buildings of large industrial enterprises. At that time, life was in full swing here on the Oka embankment: it was one of the largest stands of city cab drivers, numerous vessels crowded the shore, and their number increased many times over during the days of the All-Russian Yarmarka.

Today the appearance of Chernigovskaya Street is preserved as it took shape by the end of the 19th century, although the exterior of some individual historic buildings is somewhat distorted by numerous alterations, additions to the façades, destruction, and the loss of decorative elements. The improvement of about 3 km of the Oka embankment along Chernigovskaya Street, including the reinforcement of the slope, was planned to be completed by 2025; the embankment is to include a skate park, a city beach, a restaurant complex, and commercial space.[1] The project envisions the construction of two high-rise landmarks: one of them, 100 meters tall, is to become the tallest building in Nizhny Novgorod; the new construction is under way on the site of a demolished Soviet grain elevator.[1] The project also calls for a complete reconstruction of the Bashkirov mill complex, a cultural heritage site, converting its industrial functions into residential and public ones; the building is to have eight floors, the top two of which will be occupied by penthouse apartments.[1] In the 2020s, the developer GloraX began implementing a project for the comprehensive redevelopment of Chernigovskaya Street with total investments of 30 billion rubles; the project provides for the restoration and revival of cultural heritage sites with a total area of about 20,000 sq. m, as well as new construction covering more than 127,000 sq. m.[1] The Nizhny Novgorod architectural community has been discussing options for the development of Chernigovskaya Street since 2013; the design of the territory's new look was carried out by the Moscow architectural firm "Ostozhenka," which compared the historic setting of Chernigovskaya with Moscow's Ostozhenka district near the Kremlin.[1][2] Chernigovskaya Street has about 24 cultural heritage sites, nine of which are apartment buildings; a significant share of these sites are in unsatisfactory condition.[1] The Nizhny Novgorod Region government announced the start of work to revive the street in March 2023: the development of Chernigovskaya has been described as a stage in the comprehensive redevelopment of the Historic Center of Nizhny Novgorod, which involves bringing more than 300 hectares of territory within walking distance of the kremlin into city life. The project as a whole is expected to create about 20,000 jobs and to continue the formation of the city's riverfront, about 10 kilometers long.[2]

Architectural monuments on Chernigovskaya Street

  • House of A. L. Barysheva (no. 4-a), architect G. I. Kizevetter (1837–1839);
  • House of P. Kubareva (no. 4-b), architect G. I. Kizevetter (1838–1847);
  • House of M. V. Medvedev (no. 5), architect G. I. Kizevetter (1843–1844);
  • House of A. S. Gushchin (no. 7), architects G. I. Kizevetter, D. V. Eshevsky (1837–1862);
  • House of E. Grebenshchikova (no. 8), architect N. I. Uzhumedsky-Gritsevich (1853–1852);
  • Estate of N. G. Shchepetova (no. 12), architect G. I. Kizevetter (1838–1849);
  • House of P. E. Goryachev (no. 15), architect A. L. Leer (1832–1833);
  • Shchukin–A. Nenyukov Estate (no. 16), architects I. E. Efimov, A. E. Turmyshev (1822–1848);
  • House of M. Kuznetsov (no. 17), architect I. E. Efimov (1820s).

See also

Sources

  1. Business News. Time to Earn — GloraX to invest 30 billion rubles in the redevelopment of Chernigovskaya Street in Nizhny Novgorod (archive)
  2. nobl.ru — The revival and development of Chernigovskaya Street has begun in Nizhny Novgorod