Konstantin Samgin was a Nizhny Novgorod entrepreneur of the late nineteenth century, the owner of an estate on the corner of Sennaya Square and Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street (formerly known as Staro-Soldatskaya). He is known as one of the successive owners of the property, after whom the historic building later came to be called the "Samgin House."
Ownership of the Estate
In 1895, Konstantin Samgin became the owner of an estate on the corner of Sennaya Square and Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street, which had previously belonged to a non-commissioned officer's wife, Pelageya Fomicheva.[1] By that time the estate comprised a wooden house, an outbuilding, and a commercial shop.[3] Under Samgin, the buildings housed a commercial shop and a tavern.[2] In the 1910s the estate passed to Pavel Chardymov, on whose commission the architect Sergey Levkov erected a new two-storey wooden house in the Art Nouveau style with elements of Russian folk design.[1]
Legacy
The estate's outbuilding, which had existed during the period of Samgin's ownership and by 1911 formed part of Chardymov's updated complex, acquired in local tradition the name "Samgin House."[3] In May 2022 both buildings — the "Chardymov House" and the "Samgin House" — were almost entirely destroyed by fire.[1] In 2025–2026, two buildings were reconstructed on their sites; in place of the "Samgin House," a new structure was erected preserving the original massing and the architectural style of the early twentieth century.[2] The official opening took place on 3 September 2026.[1]
Sources
- Nizhny Novgorod Historical Encyclopedia — Restoration of the Chardymov House and Samgin House on Sennaya Square (2026) (archive)
- Kommersant (Volga Region) — Restoration of the Chardymov House in Nizhny Novgorod completed
- myseldon.com — Restoration of the "Samgin House" on Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street in Nizhny Novgorod completed — Economy