A story about a communal apartment on Detskaya Street

The telegram channel “Around Vasilyevsky Island” published a story about the largest communal apartment in St. Petersburg. It is located at 17 Detskaya Street.

The house was built in 1958. The author of the telegram channel, Alexander Dedikin, said that there was a clinic there, and then a hostel for medical workers.

From the telegram channel “Around Vasilyevsky Island”

“We made two kitchens, two toilets, and turned the offices into rooms. Young employees of two nearby hospitals lived here - Pokrovskaya and children's infectious diseases. This hostel was populated not with rooms, but with beds.”

Residents were promised separate apartments, but after the collapse of the USSR, people continued to live in the dormitory. In 1999, the building was transferred to housing stock, and in 2005 the dormitory was given the status of a communal apartment. Of the 80 premises, 34 were considered suitable for habitation.

According to Denikin, 66 people are now registered in the house, a total of 28 families live, but in fact there are probably more residents. In 2011, the house was declared unsafe, but in 2015 work was carried out, after which the emergency status of the house was removed.

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​​Large communal apartment

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Carved arch in the hallway and marble fireplace

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A St. Petersburg resident photographs the interiors of communal apartments