Alyabyev Street

(formerly Kuznechnaya)

Many people associate the name of the street with forges and blacksmiths. Although it would be more correct to call this street "Kirpichnaya" ("Brick"). In 1700 Semyon Ulianovich Remezov built brick sheds at the foot of Panin Hill, so since the end of the XVII century there were workshops for the manufacture of bricks. However, on the page of newspapers there were often reports of fires in these workshops and robberies and thefts.
For example, "May 2… the philistine Mitrofan Sergeyev Kolmakov shot a gun and inflicted a wound in the heart area to the philistine Alexander Ivanov Rozhkov" (Tobolsk provincial Vedomosti. 1907. No. 21. p. 8).

"They complain to us that rubber galoshes were stolen from the Welsh house (Kuznechnaya Street) on March 13 in the afternoon by a servant who was hired on the same day and disappeared after the theft. Despite the timely statement about this theft to the police station, the culprit has not yet been found, although her identity has turned out to be known to the police." (Siberian leaflet. 1907. No. 27. p. 3).
In 1957, Kuznechnaya Street was renamed Alyabyev Street, in honor of the great composer A.A. Alyabyev, a native of Tobolsk.

"Put in a word about the poor Hussar…"

Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabyev is a native of Tobolsk. Everyone knew him as a composer, the author of the famous "Nightingale", but few people remember that he was a brilliant officer, a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaigns of the Russian army. Alyabyev participated in the capture of Dresden, in the Battle of Leipzig and the capture of Paris. For his service, he was awarded two Orders of St. Anna of the 3rd degree, the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree. In 1823 he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel and began to study music seriously.

In 1825, Alyabyev was arrested in the case of beating the landowner Vremev during a gambling card game, because of which the latter died three days later. At the trial, Alyabyev’s guilt was not proven, but he was deprived of ranks, orders, nobility and exiled to Tobolsk for 7 years with the imposition of penance.

Alyabyev lived in the parish of the Resurrection Church (the church of Zacharias and Elizabeth), in which he had to appear regularly for repentance. In Tobolsk, he began composing military and church music, organized a military orchestra. From Tobolsk, Alyabyev was transferred first to the Caucasus, then to Orenburg. Only in 1843 he received permission to return to Moscow. On February 22, 1851, Alyabyev died in Moscow, leaving a rich musical legacy: about 200 romances, 6 operas, 20 musical comedies and many other works. The place of Alexander Alexandrovich’s last resting place was the necropolis of the Simonov Monastery. In the 1930s, the monastery was destroyed, the cemetery was desecrated and partially built up.

Residential hous

Alyabyeva Str.

1

A two-storey wooden house, typical urban development of the late XIX century. The windows of the first floor are quite simple and unpretentious, the windows of the second floor are decorated with sawn carvings. In 1911, the house belonged to the Tobolsk philistine Anna Andreevna Blazhevich. The building is in the photo of S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky. The house was dismantled in September 2022.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

11

The building dates from the first half of the twentieth century. It is distinguished by large windows with simple platbands. The house has traces of late alterations. The roof with an attic dormer window and ancient drainpipes have been preserved.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

15

Residential house of the mid — twentieth century. Earlier on this place there was a house owned by Tobolsk philistine Rosalia Konstantinovna Rakovskaya. The house is raised on a stone foundation. Decorated with simple platbands with overhead carvings in the form of diamonds. The elegance of the house is given by a cornice with a sawn thread. The current owners have rebuilt the roof of the house for the device of the attic space.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

19

Residential house of the first half of the XX century — wooden one-story house on a stone foundation. Sheathed and painted. Decorated with platbands with sawn carving and triangular cornices. The attic has an original dormer window framed by a small platband with a triangular cornice.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

39А

The house at Kuznechnaya Street 39 was owned by a Tobolsk philistine Marfa Alekseevna Remennikova. The modern building was built in the middle of the twentieth century. The house bears traces of numerous alterations. The windows of the house are decorated with platbands with overhead carvings.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

40

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Tobolsk philistine Sylvester Lukich Zhuravsky owned a house at the address Kuznechnaya str., 40. The current building, wooden one-storey house for two owners, was built in the middle of the twentieth century. The building has traces of numerous alterations. The original window shutters with overhead carvings have been preserved in the southern half. In the northern part of the building there are windows with sawn carving, made at a later time "antique".

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

41

Previously, there was a two-storey wooden house at Kuznechnaya Street 41 (modern Alyabyev Street), belonging to the Tobolsk philistine Semyon Alexandrovich Abrosimov. The current building was built in the middle of the twentieth century. The house is sheathed and painted. The decoration of the house is simple platbands with overhead carvings in the form of rums, which are completed with triangular cornices.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

43А

A residential building built in the middle of the twentieth century. The building is a typical urban building of the Siberian province, decorated with carved platbands with the image of a sturgeon. The house belongs to the Search family. The building was in a state of disrepair. In August 2023, the house was restored by the organization "Good Will" on the project of preservation of wooden architecture "Tom Sawyer Fest". The third season of the project was held in cooperation with the city administration and the grant support of SIBUR .

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

45

The wooden one-storey house, erected in the middle of the twentieth century, is a five-wall building, to which an extension is made on the north side. The house is raised on the foundation, sheathed and painted. Large windows with carved platbands give the house a special lightness.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

53А

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Tobolsk philistine Zlata Lazarevna Urevich owned a house at Kuznechnaya Street 53. The modern building was built in the middle of the twentieth century. The house is sheathed and painted. The building is decorated with simple platbands with overhead carvings in the form of diamonds.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

57

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Tobolsk philistine Evgeny Nikitich Anisimov owned a house at 57 Kuznechnaya Street. The modern building was built before the war, but has traces of later alterations. The house is sheathed in wood and painted in two colors. The special beauty of the house is given by large windows with overhead and sawn carving, which are completed with triangular cornices.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

66

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Tobolsk philistine Pyotr Gavrilovich Bukharov owned a house at 66 Kuznechnaya Street. He also owned a house at 64 Kuznechnaya Street. The house is sheathed with wood and painted in three colors. The building is decorated with sawn carvings with floral ornaments. On the south side of the house there is a spacious entrance hall with a pantry. The attic room of the house with a dormer window facing the east side, taken into a casing with a sawn thread. The cornice of the house is also decorated with sawn carvings. The old drainpipes have been preserved.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

76

One-storey wooden house, without foundation, built in the late XIX — early XX century. It is a five-wall house, characteristic of the Siberian province. The windows of the eastern part are oriented to the street. On the north side of the house there are large vestibules attached. In 1911, the Tobolsk philistine Natalia Petrovna Nizovskikh owned a house at 76 Kuznechnaya Street. The modern building has traces of numerous alterations. The house is decorated with an overhead and sawn carving.

Residential house

Alyabyeva Str.

88

The building of the first half of the twentieth century. It was owned by the Tobolsk philistine Ekaterina Vasilyevna Moiseeva. The house was built without a foundation. There are three rooms in the house, the windows of the main one face the east side, on Panin Hill. The house is decorated with very elegant sawn carvings with floral ornaments. According to the residents, the gates were decorated with the same carving, but they have not been preserved.