history 1812 — 2012

1812
The Legend

In 1812 on Christmas Eve the bondman gardener of Count Sheremetev Pyotr Eliseev served fresh wild raspberries which amazed everyone…

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1902
The building process

The house was built by architect Gavriil Vasilyevich Baranovsky for a colonial goods shop of a trading partnership “Eliseevy Brothers”…

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1903
Sculptures

On the front of the building were erected Adamson’s sculptures Industry, Trade, Art and Science — main values of XX century society.

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1917-1991
Gastronom №1

In the Soviet times the shop was called Gastronom №1. There one could get delicacies even in times of food shortage during the Soviet era.

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1929
Comedy theatre

The theatre auditorium has always been on the second floor of Eliseevsky. Since 1904 it was let to many theatre ensembles…

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1941
Second World War

Eliseevy Merchants’ Shop, made to rejoice and surprise Petersburgers, didn’t stay indifferent to tragic events of WW2…

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2010
The building was listed as a specially protected site

Eliseevsky shop is one of few museum shops, that not only provides service and good to customers, but also immerses them in the atmosphere of distant epoch…

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2012
The grand opening

Being forgotten for quite a long period of time, the Food Hall welcomed its customers on March, 8 2012 with refined atmosphere and luxurious interiors…

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2012
Mikhail Shemyakin’s project of the shop-window

Eliseevsky shop made a fantastic gift to the city – a show window of unbelievable beauty with moving fairy-tale characters from The Nutcracker…

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