Tselibeyev estate

The estate on Novokuznetskaya Street (until 1922 it was called Kuznetskaya Street according to the blacksmiths’ settlement that existed here) was built in the 1st half of the XIX century, in the post-fire period. It was typical for that time a small city estate - a two-storey main house, standing on the red line of the street, to the right and left of it - one-storey wings, behind the main house - a courtyard with a garden.

Until the end of the XIX century, the estate was owned by a family of merchants Tselibeyev, immigrants from Maloyaroslavets, members of the Rogozhsk Old Believer community. The Tselibeyevs were merchants of the 2nd Guild and traded tea and sugar in Moscow.

At the turn of the XIX – XX centuries, the estate was bought by Timofey Gennadyevich Karpov, a hereditary nobleman and titular adviser, the son of a famous professor of history, a member of the Russian Historical Society G.F. Karpov. On the maternal side, T.G. Karpov was related to the dynasty of merchants Morozov.

By his order, the architect A.P. Vakarin in 1900 rebuilt the main house, turning it into a small mansion made in eclectic forms, with the original forceps roof and elements of classical order decoration on the facades.

After the marriage of T.G. Karpov to Maria Dmitrievna Lepeshkina, he rewrote the house on Novokuznetskaya in her name, and she was officially listed as a homeowner until 1917. The Karpovs were involved in charity, were members of the Moscow Charitable Society of 1837, Timofey Gennadyevich was also a member of the board of trustees of the Sergiev-Elizaveta Asylum for mutilated soldiers of the Russian-Japanese War and the Bureau for finding occupations for workers - both of these institutions were under the patronage of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna.

After the October Revolution of 1917, the estate belonging to the Karpovs was nationalized, and they themselves were evicted to a house on B. Ordynka, 41, which formerly belonged to T. G. Karpov's brother Fyodor Gennadyevich, who left for emigration. The last years of T.G. Karpov’s life was the head of the Temple of the icon of the Iverian Mother of God on the Big One.