The building of the State Bank (Rostov-on-Don)

The building of the State Bank is a building in Rostov-on-Don, constructed in 1915 upon the project of architect M. M. Peretyatkovich. Initially, the office of the State Bank of the Russian Empire was situated in the building. Nowadays Rostov affiliate of Central Bank is placed there. It has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Old Bank Building

The building of the State Bank
Native name Russian: Здание Государственного Банка
The building of the State Bank
Type	Fortress and Museum
Location	Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast Russia
Built	1475
Architect	Marian Peretyatkovich
Location of The building of the State Bank in Russia

At the beginning of the 20th century, the office of the State Bank was located in a two-story building on the corner of Bolshaya Sadovaya Street and Sredny Prospekt (now Sokolova Avenue). There was not enough room for it, so they had to rent some additional premises. Then it was decided to build a new building instead of the old one.[1]

The project of the office building of the State Bank was designed by architect M. M. Peretyatkovich in 1910. Initially, the process of calculations and the preparation of working drawings was ruled by the architect S.V. Popilin, but he was soon pushed aside because of his tardiness. Then Peretyatkovich chose a Rostov civil engineer PA Tarachkov as an assistant. A.P. Butkov was a technical consultant .

In September 1912 Peretyatkovich came to Rostov-on-Don for general management of the construction. By that time the old building of the bank had already been demolished . The construction was supposed to be started in late autumn, but due to the frosts, all the work were moved to the spring, 1913. The solemn laying of the bank's building took place on April 28, 1913. Construction of the State Bank's office was completed in 1915ю The building of the State Bank front faced to New Market Square (now Soviets Square) and was turned to the sanctuary of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (demolished in 1930).

After establishing of the Soviet power, the building was nationalized. In the 1920s, according to the Peretyatkovich’s project, the south-eastern part was completed, where private apartments of employees were located. The building of the State Bank became the only building of the square, survived after the Great Patriotic War. During the square reconstruction, the fronts of other buildings were created in a similar neoclassical style.[2]

In the 1950s, instead of a sculptural composition with a double-headed eagle, the coat of arms of the USSR was installed on the facade of the building . In 1994, the facade was reconstructed, during which the original heraldic composition was restored on it[3] and the sign THE STATE BANK OFFICE was restored