Gubernskie Houses

The Gubernatorial Houses are a complex of historical buildings in Kronstadt, built in 1717–1725, with the work being completed after the death of Peter I. On the site of part of these houses on the western side of the canal, the Italian Palace of A. D. Menshikov was erected, and the roofs of the buildings were covered with Dutch tiles. In 1830, according to the design of I. G. Gomzin, the 8th and 9th houses were connected by a three-story insertion, and state institutions were located along the harbor. In the garden near the Minikh House, on May 5, 1945, a bust of Alexander Popov was installed in honor of the 50th anniversary of the invention of radio, for which the pedestal was made in 1973 by sculptor V. A. Andfriev.