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House with Chimaeras
House with Chimaeras
	The front façade of the House with Chimaeras
General information
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Location	Lypky, Kyiv, Ukraine
Address	10 Bankova Street
Coordinates	50°26′42″N 30°31′43″E / 50.44500°N 30.52861°E
Construction started	1901
Completed	1902
Technical details
Structural system	Concrete piles; Continuous foundation
Floor count	3 (Bankova) ; 6 (Franko Square)
Floor area	3,309.5 m2 (35,623.16 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Władysław Horodecki

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House with Chimaeras (Ukrainian: Будинок з химерами, Budynok z khymeramy) or Horodetsky House (named for Władysław Horodecki) is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No. 10, Bankova Street, the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005.^[1]^[2] The street in front of the building is closed off to all automobile traffic, and is now a patrolled pedestrian zone due to its proximity to the Presidential Administration building.

The Polish architect Władysław Horodecki originally constructed the House with Chimaeras for use as his own upmarket apartment building during 1901–02. However, as the years went by, Horodecki eventually had to sell the building due to financial troubles, after which it changed ownership numerous times before finally being occupied by an official Communist Party polyclinic until the early 2000s.^[3] When the building was vacated, its interior and exterior decor were fully reconstructed and restored according to Horodecki's original plans.^[4]

The building derives its popular name from the ornate decorations depicting exotic animals and hunting scenes, which were sculpted by Italian architect Emilio Sala, since Horodecki was an avid hunter.^[5] The name does not refer to the chimaera of mythology, but to an architectural style known as chimaera decoration in which animal figures are applied as decorative elements to a building. Horodecki's unique architectural style earned him praise as the Antoni Gaudí of Kyiv.^[4]^[6]

History[edit]

Construction and early history[edit]

A House with Chimaeras was designed by the Polish architect Władysław Horodecki in 1901–1902.^[4] Horodecki was born in 1863 into a prosperous Polish szlachta (noble) family in the Podillia region.^[5] After finishing the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1890, he moved to Kyiv, where he lived for almost 30 years.^[5] At the time of the building's construction, Horodecki had already established himself as a prominent Kyiv architect, having designed and constructed together with his close friend and partner engineer Anton Strauss many city buildings, from the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral to the Karaite Kenesa and what today is the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Besides architecture, Horodecki was also interested in big-game hunting,^[5] which explains why his building features many animals.

Horodecki financed the house's construction with borrowed money,^[4]^[7] with the intent for it to be an apartment building.^[8]^[9] Each floor formed a single apartment, connected by an elevator and stairs.^{[nb 1]} Horodecki himself occupied the fourth floor of the building, measuring at about 380 m² (4,100 sq ft).^[8]^{[nb 2]}

Horodecki bought the first lot of land on February 1, 1901, with construction work commencing on March 18 of that year. Construction of the exterior walls was finished by August 21, and the roof installed and all masonry work was completed on September 13.^[8]^[9] Due to the economic hardships within the Russian Empire, the completion of the building was delayed. In May 1903, only one apartment on the lowest level and Horodecki's own apartment were occupied.^[8] The total cost of the land and construction amounted to 133,000 rubles.^{[nb 3]} In total, 1,550 m² (16,700 sq ft) of land were used for construction of the building and cost a total of 15,640 rubles.^[7] The projected annual profit from the rentals was 7,200 rubles. A cowshed was located on the premises due to Horodecki's insistence on fresh in-house milk,^[4]^[9] though it was specifically placed in a way that the smell of the cows would not disturb the tenants. On a lot adjacent to the building, a miniature alpine garden (approx. 320 m² or 3,400 sq ft) and a fountain were built.

Due to financial mismanagement which included his Safari hunting hobby,^[4] in July 1912, Horodecki pledged the building as a collateral against a loan taken from Kyiv Mutual Credit Association.^[3] When Horodecki defaulted on the loan, the building was auctioned off in 1913,^[3] and became the property of the engineer Daniel Balakhovsky,^[4] the son of a Kyiv trader,^[7] who was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blahodatinskoe sugar factory,^[7] and a French сonsular agent in Kyiv.^[11] In 1916, the house belonged to the Blahodatinskoe sugar factory.^[3] In 1918, the building's ownership changed again, to Samuel Nemets.^[3] In 1921, after the Bolsheviks gained control of Kyiv, several of the departments of the Kyiv Military District took offices in the House with Chimaeras.

Ownership 1921–2002[edit]

After the period of unrest following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the building was nationalized and later converted for communal living.^[12] Each apartment was occupied by about nine to ten families.^[8] During the Second World War (1941–1943), the building was abandoned. Due to exposure to the harsh elements during the war, the building suffered significant damage to its structure.^[8] After the war, the building was briefly used as a residence for evacuated actors from the Ivan Franko Theater;^[7] however, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic took ownership of the building and later transformed it into the Polyclinic No. 1 for their elite.^[8] The polyclinic used the building up until the end of the 20th century. During that time, the building almost split in half. One part sagged 22 cm (9 in), and a major vertical crack formed, having a width of about 40 cm (16 in).^[8] Some of the building's architectural details had either been chipped away, or had cracked.

The building's restoration work was scheduled for 2002, however the operators of the polyclinic were reluctant to leave, having occupied the building for over 40 years. In order to force the occupants out of the building, the workers boarded up all of the windows and threatened to do the same to the doors if the polyclinic did not vacate the premises. Only the president's involvement in the matter forced the polyclinic to move out completely.^[4]

Reconstruction and official use[edit]

During the time of the restoration, conducted by UkrNIIProektRestavratsiya and headed by Natalia Kosenko,^[13] the workers unearthed the whole lower floor, which had been filled in during Soviet times to strengthen the building's foundation.^[4] Restoration of the elaborate decor of the interior had to be fully redone. In the courtyard, the restorers placed an artificial lake, fountains, and a miniature garden—all of which had been in Horodecki's original plans.^[4]

The building was opened as a filial "Masterpieces of Ukrainian Art" of the National Museum of Arts in November 2004.^[14] It was expected that the building would serve a dual purpose as a museum and as the presidential meeting place for state visitors. In April 2005, the Kyiv City Council submitted a bill^[15] for ₴104 million (approx. US$20 million) to the Ukrainian Government for reconstruction and restoration of the House with Chimaeras.^[16] The Council also allowed the Ukrainian government to construct a new square (closing off all automobile traffic) in front of the building for use in official ceremonies.^[16]

Since May 2005, the building has been an official presidential residence, used for official and diplomatic ceremonies.^[1]^[17]^[2] The House with Chimaeras was used as a meeting place between Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, when the latter visited Kyiv on December 22, 2006.^[18] Included in the building are rooms for negotiations, tête-à-tête talks, the signing of official documents, as well as a special room for the press.^[12]

Architecture[edit]

Volodymyr Yasiievych^[19]

The House of Władysław Horodecki can only be compared with the works of Antoni Gaudí, especially the famous Casa Milà in Barcelona, Spain, despite being constructed a couple of years later (1905–1910).

The building was designed in the Art Nouveau style, which was at that time a relatively new style and featured flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs. Horodecki featured such motifs in the building's exterior decor in the forms of mythical creatures and big-game animals. His work on the House with Chimaeras has earned him the nickname of the Gaudí of Kyiv.^[4]^[6]

Due to the steep slope on which the building is situated, it had to be specially designed out of concrete to fit into its foundations correctly. From the front, the building appears to have only three floors. However, from the rear, all of its six floors can be seen.^[20] One part of the building's foundation was made of concrete piles, and the other as a continuous foundation. Usually, these two approaches do not mix well but Horodecki somehow succeeded in overcoming this technical problem.

The Italian sculptor Emilio Sala was responsible for both the internal and external sculptural decorations, such as mermaids, dolphins, and frogs on the roof of the building, sinking ships and hunting trophies on the exterior walls, and exuberant interior decorations, such as grand stairways and chandeliers depicting huge catfish strangled in the stems of lotus flowers. The exterior sculptures created by Sala were made out of cement. Production of the cement was by the «For» company of which Horodecki was the co-director.^[21] Cement was used exclusively as the primary building material by the request of the company's head director, Richter.^[22] At the time of the building's construction, cement was not popular as a building material, so its use was employed as publicity for both the house and the building material.^[21]

Elaborate cement decorations, featuring deer and rhinoceroses
It features interesting carvings, like this elephant-head gargoyle.
One of the many figurines seen around the building

Floor plan[edit]

The House with Chimaeras was designed in such a way that the tenants would occupy the whole floor, each floor had all the necessary household rooms ranging from private kitchens to small powder rooms. The open floor plan and extra rooms featured throughout the building are characteristic of the houses of the wealthy of the early 20th century.^[20] In total, the building has an area of 3,309.5 m² (35,623.16 sq ft).^[13]

On the lowest level of the building, which is located deep in the hill, were two stables, two rooms for coachmen, a shared laundry, and two separate apartments. Each of the two apartments consisted of a foyer, a kitchen, one bathroom, and a storage room. The first of these apartments had two residential rooms, and the second three rooms.^{[nb 4]} Each floor above the lowest level was designed to house a single apartment only.

The apartment on the second floor consisted of six residential rooms in addition to a foyer, kitchen, buffet, three servant's rooms, a bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms. There were also four wine cellars on the same level.^{[nb 5]} The cellars belonged to the apartments on the upper levels. On the third floor, the apartment consisted of eight residential rooms, a foyer, a kitchen, dish washing room, two rooms for servants, a bathroom, and two toilets.^{[nb 6]} This apartment was placed slightly lower than the level of Bankova Street, from the front entrance.

The grandest apartment, which belonged to Horodecki, consisted of a study, a great room and a living room, a dining room, a boudoir, a bedroom, a children's room, a room for a governess, a guest room, three rooms for servants, a kitchen, dishwashing room, bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms.^[8] On the floor above was an apartment similar in size and design to Horodecki's apartment.^{[nb 7]} The apartment on the top floor had one less room; to make up for this, there was a connecting terrace which provided a panoramic view of the city.^[8]^{[nb 8]}

Legends[edit]

Throughout the years, the unusual nature of the House with Chimaeras has given rise to a number of stories occasionally repeated in guide-books or newspapers, which are however either untrue or lacking any verifiable source.^[24]

According to the first legend, Władysław Horodecki's daughter had committed suicide jumping into Dnieper River either because of some unfortunate love affair or because of a family feud.^{[nb 9]} As a result, Horodecki went slightly mad and built this gloomy house in his daughter's memory.^[25]

A second legend has it that Horodecki made a bet with some other architects, including the architect Alexander Skobelev, who had tried to prove that was impossible to build a house on such terrain, because the site (near the Ivan Franko Theater) overhangs a swamp (Koz'ye boloto). The Construction Committee of Kyiv had prohibited construction of any structures on this particular lot, but eventually the construction of the building allowed Horodecki to win the bet.^[25]

According to the third legend, Horodecki had cursed it in 1913 (due to his inability to repay his creditors); all of the house's tenants would be either unhappy or would meet some sort of financial misfortune. There is a story that all the businesses who rented a portion of the building either went bankrupt, had their funds stolen or were disbanded.^[4]

References[edit]

Notes

^ The only exception to this was that the lowest floor of the building contained two separate apartments.
^ His apartment is apt. No. 3, the main floor, if looking from the level of the Bankova Street.
^ This price is as of 1903. Government Archive of the City of Kyiv – Fond No. 143, Series 2, File No. 520, Item No. 9. In the late 19th and early 20th century, one thousand Russian rubles were worth about 24.89 gold troy ounces, or roughly one million Russian rubles as of 2011.^[10]
^ The annual rental in 1903 was 540 and 420 rubles, accordingly.^[10]
^ The price for this apartment was 1,200 rubles in 1903.^[10]
^ The initial annual rent for the apartment was 2,000 rubles.^[10]
^ Both of these apartments were rented out for 3,500 rubles annually in 1903.^[10]
^ The rental cost for this dwelling was 2,750 rubles annually. For comparison, an average salary for a librarian was about 50 rubles per year.^[23]
^ It was actually previous owners' (Professor Mering) daughter who drowned.^[23]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Laws of Ukraine. Cabinet of Ministers decree No. 340: On the addition to the house on 10, Bankova St. in the city of Kyiv the status of a government residence. Adopted on 2005-05-11. (Ukrainian)
^ ^a ^b Shokalo, Marta (2005-04-01). "The aura is fine, but the place is too small" (in Ukrainian). BBC Ukrainian. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ivashko, Yuliya. "Riddle of House with Chimaeras". Vash Kiev (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ivanenko 2004
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Architector of century" (in Ukrainian). Vinnytsia oblast' universal science library named after K.A.Timiryazev. 2003-05-20. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
^ ^a ^b Rinkus, Sonya. "heed the krai". elementmoscow.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kalnitsky, Mikhail (2003-08-19). "The rebirth of the House with Chimaeras". Kievskie Vedomosti №179 (2984) (in Russian). Retrieved 2006-07-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Malakov 1999, p. ?
^ ^a ^b ^c Malikenaite 2003, p. 50.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Malakov 1999.
^ Fyodorovskaya, Olga. "Hunter from the House with Chimaeras". Ukrainskiy Dom (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
^ ^a ^b "House with Chimeras". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
^ ^a ^b Laws of Ukraine. Cabinet of Ministers decree No. 829-р: On the recognition of the project and the company carrying out the building's reconstruction as well as the restoration of the monument of architecture and the government monument of the city on Bankova St., 10 in the city of Kyiv. Adopted on 2003-12-31. (Ukrainian)
^ "A cultural museum center opens in the House with Chimaeras". Korrespondent (in Ukrainian). Bigmir-Internet. 2004-11-19. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
^ Decrees of Kyiv City Council Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Kyiv City Council decree No. 380/2955: On the allowance of the change of ownership to the government authority with permission of conducting reconstruction and restoration works on the building of 10, Bankova Street Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Passed on 2005-04-21. (in Ukrainian)
^ ^a ^b ""House with Chimaeras" received the status of an official governmental residence". proUA (in Ukrainian). 2004-11-19. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
^ "Ukrainian architecture: 10 buildings that everyone should see".
^ "Yushchenko and Putin decided their goals for two years ahead". Korrespondent (in Russian). Bigmir-Internet. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
^ Yasiievych 1988, p. 93.
^ ^a ^b Zharikov 1983–1986, p. 38.
^ ^a ^b Klymenko, Sergiy. "Budynok z Khimeramy". Photos of Kyiv (in Ukrainian and Russian). Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
^ explorer (2007-07-05). "Walks around Kyiv. House with Chimaeras". Narodna pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2006-07-14.
^ ^a ^b Ivanenko 2004.
^ Savchuk 1996, p. 95.
^ ^a ^b Pavlovsky, Viktor. "House with Chimaeras". Kiev Info. Optima Tours. Retrieved 2006-02-16.

Bibliography

Ivanenko, Anna (2004). "Horodecki. Lord of Chimaeras". Mir Turizma (in Russian). 1–2. Kyiv. ISSN 1811-3583. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06.
Malakov, Dmytro (1999). Arkhitektor Horodetskyi (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Kyi. ISBN 966-7161-30-7.
Malikenaite, Ruta (2003). Touring Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Baltija Dryk. ISBN 966-96041-3-3.
Savchuk, Galina (1996). The Streets of Kiev: Five Walks in the Centre. Kyiv: ArtEc Publishers.
Yasiievych, V. E. (1988). Architecture of Ukraine at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries (in Russian). Kyiv: Budivel'nyk. ISBN 5-7705-0088-3. OCLC 19693625.
Zharikov, N. L. (1983–1986). "Residential house (Horodecki's), 1904". Monuments of urban development and architecture in the Ukrainian SSR (in Russian). Vol. 1–4. Kyiv: Budivel'nyk. LCCN 84179019.

External links[edit]

Horbachov, Dmytro. "Art Nouveau in Kyiv". Archived from the original on 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
"House with Chimaeras". Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv (in Ukrainian).
Замки Киева: Легенды и были Замка Ричарда, Дом с Химерами, замок барона Штейнгеля [Castles of Kiev: Legends were Richard's Castle, the House of Chimeras, Baron Steingel's castle]. Interesniy Kiyev (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2006-11-04.
"Photogallery containing detailed images". LiveJournal (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-08-14.
"Interior photogallery". domparketa.com.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2006-08-29.

[10] The only exception to this was that the lowest floor of the building contained two separate apartments.

[11] His apartment is apt. No. 3, the main floor, if looking from the level of the Bankova Street.

[13] This price is as of 1903. Government Archive of the City of Kyiv – Fond No. 143, Series 2, File No. 520, Item No. 9. In the late 19th and early 20th century, one thousand Russian rubles were worth about 24.89 gold troy ounces, or roughly one million Russian rubles as of 2011.^[10]

[26] The annual rental in 1903 was 540 and 420 rubles, accordingly.^[10]

[27] The price for this apartment was 1,200 rubles in 1903.^[10]

[28] The initial annual rent for the apartment was 2,000 rubles.^[10]

[29] Both of these apartments were rented out for 3,500 rubles annually in 1903.^[10]

[31] The rental cost for this dwelling was 2,750 rubles annually. For comparison, an average salary for a librarian was about 50 rubles per year.^[23]

[33] It was actually previous owners' (Professor Mering) daughter who drowned.^[23]

[vr-340-1] Laws of Ukraine. Cabinet of Ministers decree No. 340: On the addition to the house on 10, Bankova St. in the city of Kyiv the status of a government residence. Adopted on 2005-05-11. (Ukrainian)

[BBC_Ukrainian-2] Shokalo, Marta (2005-04-01). "The aura is fine, but the place is too small" (in Ukrainian). BBC Ukrainian. Retrieved 2006-09-30.

[riddle-3] Ivashko, Yuliya. "Riddle of House with Chimaeras". Vash Kiev (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2006-07-14.

[mirtu-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ivanenko 2004

[vinnytsia_library-5] "Architector of century" (in Ukrainian). Vinnytsia oblast' universal science library named after K.A.Timiryazev. 2003-05-20. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

[element-6] Rinkus, Sonya. "heed the krai". elementmoscow.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2006-09-30.

[KV-7] Kalnitsky, Mikhail (2003-08-19). "The rebirth of the House with Chimaeras". Kievskie Vedomosti №179 (2984) (in Russian). Retrieved 2006-07-14.

[Horodetskyi-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Malakov 1999, p. ?

[Touring_Kyiv-9] Malikenaite 2003, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEMalakov1999-12] Malakov 1999.

[Fyodorovskaya-14] Fyodorovskaya, Olga. "Hunter from the House with Chimaeras". Ukrainskiy Dom (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-14.

[president.gov.ua-15] "House with Chimeras". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2008-03-20.

[vr-829-р-16] Laws of Ukraine. Cabinet of Ministers decree No. 829-р: On the recognition of the project and the company carrying out the building's reconstruction as well as the restoration of the monument of architecture and the government monument of the city on Bankova St., 10 in the city of Kyiv. Adopted on 2003-12-31. (Ukrainian)

[museum-17] "A cultural museum center opens in the House with Chimaeras". Korrespondent (in Ukrainian). Bigmir-Internet. 2004-11-19. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-12.

[18] Decrees of Kyiv City Council Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Kyiv City Council decree No. 380/2955: On the allowance of the change of ownership to the government authority with permission of conducting reconstruction and restoration works on the building of 10, Bankova Street Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Passed on 2005-04-21. (in Ukrainian)

[proUA-19] ""House with Chimaeras" received the status of an official governmental residence". proUA (in Ukrainian). 2004-11-19. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-30.

[20] "Ukrainian architecture: 10 buildings that everyone should see".

[21] "Yushchenko and Putin decided their goals for two years ahead". Korrespondent (in Russian). Bigmir-Internet. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2007-07-12.

[wood-22] Yasiievych 1988, p. 93.

[vlasenko-23] Zharikov 1983–1986, p. 38.

[klymenko-24] Klymenko, Sergiy. "Budynok z Khimeramy". Photos of Kyiv (in Ukrainian and Russian). Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2006-09-30.

[25] xplorer (2007-07-05). "Walks around Kyiv. House with Chimaeras". Narodna pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2006-07-14.

[FOOTNOTEIvanenko2004-30] Ivanenko 2004.

[32] Savchuk 1996, p. 95.

[kievinfo-34] Pavlovsky, Viktor. "House with Chimaeras". Kiev Info. Optima Tours. Retrieved 2006-02-16.

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-'''House with Chimaeras''' or '''Gorodetsky House''' ({{lang-uk|Будинок з химерами}}; [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Budynok z khymeramy'', {{lang-ru|Дом с химерами}}, [[Romanization of Russian|translit.]] ''Dom s khimerami'') is an [[Art Nouveau]] building in [[Kiev]] (''Kyiv''), the capital of [[Ukraine]]. Originally an upmarket apartment building, it was built in the period of 1901–1902 by noted architect [[Vladislav Gorodetsky]], who was regarded as the [[Antoni Gaudí|Gaudí]] of Kiev.<ref name="mirtu">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.mirtu.com/archiv/MT-01-02-2004/articles/ART8.htm |title=Gorodetsky. Lord of Chimaeras |accessdate=2006-09-17 |author= |last=Ivanenko |first=Anna |journal="МТ – Mir turizma" magazine |issn=1811-3583|year=2004 |volume=1-2 |language=Russian }}</ref>
-The building derives its popular name from its ornate [[chimera (architecture)|chimaera]] decorations depicting various scenes of exotic animals and hunting scenes, which were added because Gorodetsky was an avid hunter. It is situated on No. 10, Bankova Street, across from the [[President of Ukraine]]'s office in the [[Subdivisions of Kiev#Historical neighborhoods|historic]] [[Pechersk]] neighbourhood. Since 2005 it has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies.<ref name="BBC Ukrainian">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/indepth/story/2005/04/050401_ukraine_residences.shtml |title=The aura is fine, but the place is too small |accessdate=2006-09-30 |first=Marta |last=Shokalo |date=[[2005-04-01]] |publisher=[[BBC News|BBC Ukrainian]] |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
+'''House with Chimaeras''' ({{lang-uk|Будинок з химерами}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Budynok z khymeramy}}) or '''Horodetsky House''' (named for [[Władysław Horodecki]]) is an [[Art Nouveau]] building located in the [[Subdivisions of Kyiv#Historical neighborhoods|historic]] [[Lypky]] neighborhood of [[Kyiv]], the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the [[President of Ukraine]]'s office at No. 10, [[Bankova Street]], the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005.<ref name="vr-340">{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=[[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|Cabinet of Ministers decree]]|number=340|law=340-2005-п|name=On the addition to the house on 10, Bankova St. in the city of Kyiv the status of a government residence|date=2005-05-11}}</ref><ref name="BBC Ukrainian">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/indepth/story/2005/04/050401_ukraine_residences.shtml |title=The aura is fine, but the place is too small|access-date=2006-09-30|first=Marta|last=Shokalo|date=2005-04-01|publisher=[[BBC News|BBC Ukrainian]]|language=uk}}</ref> The street in front of the building is closed off to all automobile traffic, and is now a patrolled [[pedestrian zone]] due to its proximity to the [[Presidential Office Building (Kyiv)|Presidential Administration building]].
+The Polish architect Władysław Horodecki originally constructed the House with Chimaeras for use as his own upmarket apartment building during 1901–02. However, as the years went by, Horodecki eventually had to sell the building due to financial troubles, after which it changed ownership numerous times before finally being occupied by an official [[Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine|Communist Party]] [[polyclinic]] until the early 2000s.<ref name="riddle"/> When the building was vacated, its interior and exterior decor were fully reconstructed and restored according to Horodecki's original plans.<ref name="mirtu"/>
+The building derives its popular name from the ornate decorations depicting exotic animals and hunting scenes, which were sculpted by Italian architect [[Emilio Sala (sculptor)|Emilio Sala]], since Horodecki was an avid hunter.<ref name="vinnytsia_library"/> The name does not refer to the [[Chimera (mythology)|chimaera]] of mythology, but to an architectural style known as [[chimera (architecture)|chimaera]] decoration in which animal figures are applied as decorative elements to a building. Horodecki's unique architectural style earned him praise as the [[Antoni Gaudí]] of Kyiv.<ref name="mirtu">{{harvnb|Ivanenko|2004}}</ref><ref name="element">{{cite news|url=http://elementmoscow.ru/articles.php?i=193001&s=05-getaways |title=heed the krai |access-date=2006-09-30 |first=Sonya |last=Rinkus |work=elementmoscow.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109061542/http://elementmoscow.ru/articles.php?i=193001&s=05-getaways |archive-date=2007-11-09 }}</ref>
 ==History==
 ===Construction and early history===
+A House with Chimaeras was designed by the Polish architect [[Władysław Horodecki]] in 1901–1902.<ref name="mirtu"/> Horodecki was born in 1863 into a prosperous [[Polish people|Polish]] [[szlachta]] (noble) family in the [[Podolia|Podillia]] region.<ref name="vinnytsia_library">{{cite web|url=http://www.library.vinnitsa.com/publications/2003/gorodetskiy.html |title=Architector of century |date=2003-05-20 |access-date=2007-07-14 |publisher=Vinnytsia oblast' universal science library named after K.A.Timiryazev |language=uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062123/http://www.library.vinnitsa.com/publications/2003/gorodetskiy.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After finishing the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1890, he moved to Kyiv, where he lived for almost 30 years.<ref name="vinnytsia_library"/> At the time of the building's construction, Horodecki had already established himself as a prominent Kyiv architect, having designed and constructed together with his close friend and partner engineer [[Anton Strauss]] many city buildings, from the [[St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kyiv|St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral]] to the [[Karaite Kenesa (Kyiv)|Karaite Kenesa]] and what today is the [[National Art Museum of Ukraine]]. Besides architecture, Horodecki was also interested in [[big-game hunter|big-game hunting]],<ref name="vinnytsia_library"/> which explains why his building features many animals.
-[[Image:Vladyslav Horodetskyi.jpg|left|thumb|Vladislav Gorodetsky]]
+[[File:House with Chimaeras during construction.jpg|thumb|left|The building under construction, 1902]]
-The House with Chimaeras was designed by the architect [[Vladislav Gorodetsky]] in 1901–1902.<ref name="mirtu"/> Gorodetsky was born in 1863 into a prosperous [[Poles|Polish]] [[szlachta]] family in the [[Podolia|Podillia]] region.<ref name="vinnytsia_library">{{cite web|url=http://www.library.vinnitsa.com/publications/2003/gorodetskiy.html|title=Architector of century | date=[[2003-05-20]] |accessdate=2007-07-14 |publisher=Vinnytsia oblast' universal science library named after K.A.Timiryazev |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> After finishing the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1890, he moved to Kiev, where he lived for almost 30 years.<ref name="vinnytsia_library"/> At the time of the building's construction, Gorodetsky had pickle pickle pickle pickle pickle pickle pickle pickle pickle karma karma karma karma karma chameleon already established himself as a prominent Kiev architect, having designed many city buildings, from the [[St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kiev|St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral]] to a [[Karaite]] [[kenesa]] and the current [[National Art Museum of Ukraine]]. Besides architecture, Gorodetsky was also interested in [[big-game hunter|big-game hunting]], which explains why his building features many animals.
-Gorodetsky financed the construction with borrowed money<ref name="mirtu"/><ref name="KV"/>, and the house was intended to be an [[apartment building]].<ref name="Horodetskyi">{{cite book | title=Architector Horodetskyi | first=Dmytro |last=Malakov | publisher=Kyi | year=1999 | isbn=966-7161-30-7 | pages=}}</ref><ref name="Touring Kyiv">{{cite book | title=Touring Kyiv | first=Ruta |last=Malikenaite | publisher=Baltija Dryk | year=2003 | isbn=966-96041-3-3 | pages=50}}</ref> Each floor formed a single apartment, connected by an [[elevator]] and stairs.<ref>The only exception to this was that the lowest floor of the building contained two separate apartments.</ref> Gorodetsky himself occupied the fourth floor of the building, measuring at about {{m2 to ft2|380|abbr=yes|precision=-2}}.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/><ref>His apartment is apt. No. 3, the main floor, if looking from the level of the Bankova Street.</ref>
+Horodecki financed the house's construction with borrowed money,<ref name="mirtu"/><ref name="KV"/> with the intent for it to be an [[apartment building]].<ref name="Horodetskyi">{{harvnb|Malakov|1999|p=?}}</ref><ref name="Touring Kyiv">{{harvnb|Malikenaite|2003|p=50.}}</ref> Each floor formed a single apartment, connected by an [[elevator]] and stairs.{{refn|The only exception to this was that the lowest floor of the building contained two separate apartments.|group=nb}} Horodecki himself occupied the fourth floor of the building, measuring at about {{convert|380|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/>{{refn|His apartment is apt. No. 3, the main floor, if looking from the level of the Bankova Street.|group=nb}}
-Gorodetsky bought the first lot of land on [[February 1]], [[1901]], with construction work commencing on [[March 18]] of that year. Construction of the exterior walls was finished by [[August 21]], and the roof installed and all [[masonry]] work was completed on [[September 13]].<ref name="Horodetskyi"/><ref name="Touring Kyiv"/> Due to the economic hardships within the [[Russian Empire]], the completion of the building was delayed. In May 1903, only one apartment on the lowest level and Gorodetsky's own apartment were occupied.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> The total cost of the land and construction amounted to 133,000 [[Russian ruble#First ruble, Antiquity - December 31 1921|ruble]]s.<ref name="price"/> In total, {{m2 to ft2|1550|abbr=yes|precision=-2}} of land were used for construction of the building and cost a total of 15,640 rubles.<ref name="KV">{{cite web|url=http://old.kv.com.ua/index.php?rub=46&number_old=2984 |title=The rebirth of the House with Chimaeras |accessdate=2006-07-14 |first=Mikhail |last=Kalnitsky |work=Kievskie Vedomosti №179 (2984) |language=Russian | date=[[2003-08-19]] }}</ref> The projected annual profit from the rentals was 7,200 rubles. A cowshed was located on the premises due to Gorodetsky's insistence on fresh in-house milk,<ref name="mirtu"/><ref name="Touring Kyiv"/> though it was specifically placed in a way that the smell of the cows would not disturb the tenants. On a lot adjacent to the building, a miniature [[rock garden|alpine garden]] (approx. {{convert|320|sqm|sqft|-2|abbr=on|disp=/}}) and a fountain were built.
+Horodecki bought the first lot of land on February 1, 1901, with construction work commencing on March 18 of that year. Construction of the exterior walls was finished by August 21, and the roof installed and all [[masonry]] work was completed on September 13.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/><ref name="Touring Kyiv"/> Due to the economic hardships within the [[Russian Empire]], the completion of the building was delayed. In May 1903, only one apartment on the lowest level and Horodecki's own apartment were occupied.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> The total cost of the land and construction amounted to 133,000 [[Russian ruble#First ruble, Antiquity - December 31, 1921|rubles]].{{refn|This price is as of 1903. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170323182358/http://www.archives.gov.ua/Archives/index.php?ra27 Government Archive of the City of Kyiv] – [[Fonds|Fond]] No. 143, Series 2, File No. 520, Item No. 9. In the late 19th and early 20th century, one thousand [[Russian ruble]]s were worth about 24.89 [[gold]] [[troy ounce]]s, or roughly one million Russian rubles as of 2011.{{sfn|Malakov|1999}}|group=nb}} In total, {{convert|1550|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of land were used for construction of the building and cost a total of 15,640 rubles.<ref name="KV">{{cite web|url=http://old.kv.com.ua/index.php?rub=46&number_old=2984|title=The rebirth of the House with Chimaeras|access-date=2006-07-14|first=Mikhail|last=Kalnitsky|work=Kievskie Vedomosti №179 (2984)|language=ru|date=2003-08-19}}</ref> The projected annual profit from the rentals was 7,200 rubles. A cowshed was located on the premises due to Horodecki's insistence on fresh in-house milk,<ref name="mirtu"/><ref name="Touring Kyiv"/> though it was specifically placed in a way that the smell of the cows would not disturb the tenants. On a lot adjacent to the building, a miniature [[rock garden|alpine garden]] (approx. {{convert|320|m2|sqft|-2|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and a fountain were built.
+[[File:Interior of House with Chimaeras.jpg|thumb|upright|A furnished interior room seen with elaborate decorations]]
-Due to financial mismanagement, including his [[Safari]] hunting hobby,<ref name="mirtu"/> in July 1912, Gorodetsky pledged the building as a collateral against a loan taken from Kiev Mutual Credit Association.<ref name="riddle">{{cite web| title=Riddle of House with Chimaeras| url=http://www.oldkiev.info/progulki_ulicami_Kieva/zagadka_doma_s_ximerami.html| first=Yuliya| last=Ivashko| work=Vash Kiev| accessdate= 2006-07-14| language=Russian}}</ref> When Gorodetsky defaulted on the loan, the building was auctioned off in 1913,<ref name="riddle"/> and became the property of the engineer Daniel Balakhovsky,<ref name="mirtu"/> the son of a Kiev trader,<ref name="KV"/> who was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blahodatinskoe sugar factory,<ref name="KV"/> and a [[France|French]] сonsular agent in Kiev.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house-ua.com/news395.html |title=Hunter from the House with Chimaeras |accessdate= 2006-07-14 |first=Olga |last=Fyodorovskaya |work=Ukrainskiy Dom |language=Russian}}</ref> In 1916, the house belonged to the Blahodatinskoe sugar factory.<ref name="riddle"/> In 1918, the building's ownership changed again, to Samuel Nemets.<ref name="riddle"/> In 1921, after the [[Bolshevik]]s gained control of Kiev, several of the departments of the Kiev Military District took offices in the House with Chimaeras.
+Due to financial mismanagement which included his [[Safari]] hunting hobby,<ref name="mirtu"/> in July 1912, Horodecki pledged the building as a collateral against a loan taken from Kyiv Mutual Credit Association.<ref name="riddle">{{cite web|title=Riddle of House with Chimaeras|url=http://www.oldkiev.info/progulki_ulicami_Kieva/zagadka_doma_s_ximerami.html|first=Yuliya|last=Ivashko|work=Vash Kiev|access-date=2006-07-14|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206003140/http://www.oldkiev.info/progulki_ulicami_Kieva/zagadka_doma_s_ximerami.html|archive-date=2012-02-06}}</ref> When Horodecki defaulted on the loan, the building was auctioned off in 1913,<ref name="riddle"/> and became the property of the engineer Daniel Balakhovsky,<ref name="mirtu"/> the son of a Kyiv trader,<ref name="KV"/> who was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blahodatinskoe sugar factory,<ref name="KV"/> and a [[France|French]] сonsular agent in Kyiv.<ref name="Fyodorovskaya">{{cite web|url=http://www.house-ua.com/news395.html |title=Hunter from the House with Chimaeras |access-date=2006-07-14 |first=Olga |last=Fyodorovskaya |work=Ukrainskiy Dom |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929175434/http://www.house-ua.com/news395.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> In 1916, the house belonged to the Blahodatinskoe sugar factory.<ref name="riddle"/> In 1918, the building's ownership changed again, to Samuel Nemets.<ref name="riddle"/> In 1921, after the [[Bolshevik]]s gained control of Kyiv, several of the departments of the Kyiv Military District took offices in the House with Chimaeras.
-===Ownership 1921–2002===
-[[Image:Interior of House with Chimaeras.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A furnished interior room of the House with Chimaeras, seen with elaborate decorations.]]
+===Ownership 1921–2002===
-After the period of unrest following the [[Russian Revolution]] of 1917, the building was converted for [[Kommunalka|communal living]]. Each apartment was occupied by about nine to ten families.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> During the [[World War II|Second World War]] (1941–1943), the building was abandoned. Being exposed to the harsh elements during the war, the building suffered significant damage to its structure.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> After the war, the building was briefly used as a residence for evacuated actors from the [[Ivan Franko]] Theater;<ref name="KV"/> however, the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine |Communist Party]] of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] took ownership of the building and later transformed it into the [[Polyclinic]] (''[[clinic]]'') No.1 for their elite.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> The polyclinic used the building up until the end of the twentieth century. During that time, the building almost split in half. One part sagged {{convert|22|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}, and a major vertical crack formed, having a width of about {{convert|40|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> Some of the building's architectural details had either been chipped away, or had cracked.
+After the [[Ukraine after the Russian Revolution|period of unrest]] following the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution of 1917]], the building was [[Nationalization|nationalized]] and later converted for [[Kommunalka|communal living]].<ref name="president.gov.ua">{{cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/en/slideshow/3.html |title=House with Chimeras |access-date=2008-03-20 |work=[[President of Ukraine|Official web-site of President of Ukraine]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425002336/http://www.president.gov.ua/en/slideshow/3.html |archive-date=2008-04-25 }}</ref> Each apartment was occupied by about nine to ten families.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> During the [[World War II|Second World War]] (1941–1943), the building was abandoned. Due to exposure to the harsh elements during the war, the building suffered significant damage to its structure.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> After the war, the building was briefly used as a residence for evacuated actors from the [[Ivan Franko]] Theater;<ref name="KV"/> however, the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine|Communist Party]] of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] took ownership of the building and later transformed it into the [[Polyclinic]] No. 1 for their elite.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> The polyclinic used the building up until the end of the 20th century. During that time, the building almost split in half. One part sagged {{convert|22|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}, and a major vertical crack formed, having a width of about {{convert|40|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> Some of the building's architectural details had either been chipped away, or had cracked.
-The building's restoration work was scheduled for 2002, however the operators of the polyclinic were reluctant to leave, having occupied the building for over 40 years. In order to force the occupants out of the building, the workers boarded up all of the windows and threatened do the same to the doors if the polyclinic did not vacate the premises. Only the [[Leonid Kuchma|president]]'s involvement in the matter forced the polyclinic to move out completely.<ref name="mirtu"/>
+The building's restoration work was scheduled for 2002, however the operators of the polyclinic were reluctant to leave, having occupied the building for over 40 years. In order to force the occupants out of the building, the workers boarded up all of the windows and threatened to do the same to the doors if the polyclinic did not vacate the premises. Only the [[Leonid Kuchma|president]]'s involvement in the matter forced the polyclinic to move out completely.<ref name="mirtu"/>
 ===Reconstruction and official use===
+[[File:Flags of EU and Ukraine.jpg|thumb|Flags of Ukraine and the [[European Union]] in front of the building during an official event]]
-During the time of the restoration, conducted by ''UkrNIIProektRestavratsiya'' and headed by Natalia Kosenko, the workers unearthed the whole lower floor, which had been filled in during [[Soviet]] times to strengthen the building's foundation.<ref name="mirtu"/> Restoration of the elaborate decor of the interior had to be fully redone. In the courtyard, the restorers placed an artificial lake, fountains, and a miniature garden—all of which had been in Gorodetsky's original plans.<ref name="mirtu"/>
+During the time of the restoration, conducted by ''UkrNIIProektRestavratsiya'' and headed by Natalia Kosenko,<ref name="vr-829-р">{{Cite Ukrainian law
+|type=[[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|Cabinet of Ministers decree]]|number=829-р|law=829-2003-р |name=On the recognition of the project and the company carrying out the building's reconstruction as well as the restoration of the monument of architecture and the government monument of the city on Bankova St., 10 in the city of Kyiv|date=2003-12-31}}</ref> the workers unearthed the whole lower floor, which had been filled in during [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] times to strengthen the building's foundation.<ref name="mirtu"/> Restoration of the elaborate decor of the interior had to be fully redone. In the courtyard, the restorers placed an artificial lake, fountains, and a miniature garden—all of which had been in Horodecki's original plans.<ref name="mirtu"/>
-The building was opened as a filial "Masterpieces of Ukrainian Art" of the National Museum of Arts in November 2004.<ref name="museum">{{cite news|url=http://www.korespondent.net/main/31543| title=A cultural museum center opens in the House with Chimaeras| accessdate=2007-07-12| date= [[2004-11-19]]| work=[[Korrespondent]]| publisher=Bigmir-Internet| language=Ukrainian}}</ref> It was expected that the building would serve a dual purpose as a museum and as the presidential meeting place for state visitors.
+The building was opened as a filial "Masterpieces of Ukrainian Art" of the National Museum of Arts in November 2004.<ref name="museum">{{cite news|url=http://www.korespondent.net/main/31543 |title=A cultural museum center opens in the House with Chimaeras |access-date=2007-07-12 |date=2004-11-19 |work=[[Korrespondent]] |publisher=Bigmir-Internet |language=uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234156/http://www.korespondent.net/main/31543 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was expected that the building would serve a dual purpose as a museum and as the presidential meeting place for state visitors. In April 2005, the [[Kyiv City Council]] submitted a bill<ref>[http://www.kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp Decrees of Kyiv City Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707053720/http://kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp |date=2007-07-07 }} [[Kyiv City Council|Kyiv City Council decree]] No. '''380/2955''': [http://www.kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp?Id=2235 On the allowance of the change of ownership to the government authority with permission of conducting reconstruction and restoration works on the building of 10, Bankova Street] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225321/http://www.kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp?Id=2235 |date=2007-09-27 }}. Passed on 2005-04-21. {{in lang|uk}}</ref> for [[Ukrainian hryvnia|₴]]104 million (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]20 million) to the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian Government]] for reconstruction and restoration of the House with Chimaeras.<ref name="proUA">{{cite news|url=http://ua.proua.com/news/2005/05/11/180559.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930044045/http://ua.proua.com/news/2005/05/11/180559.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-30|title="House with Chimaeras" received the status of an official governmental residence|access-date=2006-09-30|date=2004-11-19|work=proUA|language=uk}}</ref> The Council also allowed the Ukrainian government to construct a new square (closing off all automobile traffic) in front of the building for use in official ceremonies.<ref name="proUA"/>
-In April 2005, the [[Kiev City Council]] submitted a bill<ref>[http://www.kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp Decrees of Kiev City Council] [[Kiev City Council|Kiev City Council decree]] No. '''380/2955''': [http://www.kmr.gov.ua/decree.asp?Id=2235 On the allowance of the change of ownership to the government authority with permission of conducting reconstruction and restoration works on the building of 10, Bankova Street]. Passed on [[2005]]-[[04-21]]. {{uk icon}}</ref> for 104 million [[Ukrainian hryvnia|hryvnia]]s (approx. [[United States dollar|US$]]20 million) to the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian Government]] for reconstruction and restoration of the House with Chimaeras.<ref name="proUA">{{cite news|url=http://ua.proua.com/news/2005/05/11/180559.html| title="House with Chimaeras" received the status of an official governmental residence|accessdate=2006-09-30|date=[[2004-11-19]]| work=proUA|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> The Council also allowed the Ukrainian government to construct a new square (closing off all automobile traffic) in front of the building for use in official ceremonies.<ref name="proUA"/> Since May 2005, the building has been anI LOVE KORN, THE BAND AND THE VEGGIE...BOY DO I LOVE VEGGIESofficial [[President of Ukraine|presidential]] residence, used for official and diplomatic ceremonies. The House with Chimaeras was used as a meeting place between Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] and [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]], when the latter visited Kiev on [[December 22]], [[2006]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.korrespondent.net/main/174172 |title=Yushchenko and Putin decided their goals for two years ahead |accessdate= 2007-07-12 |date=[[2006-12-22]] |work=[[Korrespondent]] |publisher=Bigmir-Internet |language=Russian }}</ref>
+Since May 2005, the building has been an official [[President of Ukraine|presidential]] residence, used for official and diplomatic ceremonies.<ref name="vr-340"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian architecture: 10 buildings that everyone should see |url=https://rubryka.com/en/article/architecture-of-ukraine/}}</ref><ref name="BBC Ukrainian"/> The House with Chimaeras was used as a meeting place between Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] and [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]], when the latter visited Kyiv on December 22, 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.korrespondent.net/main/174172 |title=Yushchenko and Putin decided their goals for two years ahead|access-date=2007-07-12|date=2006-12-22|work=[[Korrespondent]]|publisher=Bigmir-Internet|language=ru}}</ref> Included in the building are rooms for negotiations, [[wikt:tête-à-tête|tête-à-tête]] talks, the signing of official documents, as well as a special room for the press.<ref name="president.gov.ua"/>
 ==Architecture==
+[[File:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007.JPG|thumb|250px|A detailed view of the architectural statues of mermaids, amphibians and other creatures designed by [[Emilio Sala (sculptor)|Emilio Sala]]]]
+{| cellpadding="1"  style="float:left; border:1px solid #8888aa; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:0 15px 0 0; background:#f9f9f9; width:200px;"
-[[Image:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007.JPG|thumb|250px|A detailed view of the architectural statues of [[Chimera (mythology)|chimeras]] and others, designed by [[Emilio Sala]].]]
-{| cellpadding="1" style="float:left; border:1px solid #8888aa; padding:5px; font-size: 95%; margin: 0 15px 0 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9" width=200px
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-| style=" text-align: center;" | Volodymyr Yasiievych<ref name="wood">{{cite book | last = Yasiievych | first = V. E. | title = Architecture of Ukraine at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries|publisher = [[Budivėlʹnyk]] | date = 1988 | month = April | location = Kiev | id = ISBN 5770500883 |oclc=19693625 |pages=93 |language=Russian}}</ref>
+| style=" text-align: center;" | Volodymyr Yasiievych<ref name="wood">{{harvnb|Yasiievych|1988|p=93.}}</ref>
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-|<small> ''The House of Vladislav Gorodetsky can only be compared with the works of [[Antoni Gaudí]], especially the famous [[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], despite being constructed a couple years later (1905-1910).''</small>
+|<small>''The House of Władysław Horodecki can only be compared with the works of [[Antoni Gaudí]], especially the famous [[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], despite being constructed a couple of years later (1905–1910).''</small>
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-The building was designed in the [[Art Nouveau]] style, which was at that time a relatively new style and featured flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs. Gorodetsky featured such motifs in the building's exterior decor in the forms of mythical creatures and big-game animals. His work on the House with Chimaeras has earned him the nickname of the [[Antoni Gaudí|Gaudí]] of Kiev.<ref name="mirtu"/>
+The building was designed in the [[Art Nouveau]] style, which was at that time a relatively new style and featured flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs. Horodecki featured such motifs in the building's exterior decor in the forms of mythical creatures and big-game animals. His work on the House with Chimaeras has earned him the nickname of the [[Antoni Gaudí|Gaudí]] of Kyiv.<ref name="mirtu"/><ref name="element"/>
-Due to the steep slope on which the building is situated, it had to be specially designed out of concrete to fit into its foundations correctly. From the front, the building appears to have only three floors. However, from the rear, all of its six floors can be seen.<ref name="vlasenko">{{cite book|url= http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/pgs-html/pgs1-038.html |chapter=Residential house (Gorodetsky's), 1904. |accessdate= 2006-09-16 |editor=Zharikov, N. L. |pages=38 | year=1983-1986 |title=Monuments of urban development and architecture in the Ukrainian SSR. 1-4.|publisher=Budivel'nyk |location=Kiev |id={{LCCN|84||179019}} |language=Russian}}</ref> One part of the building's foundation was made of concrete piles, and the other as a continuous foundation. Usually, these two approaches do not mix well but Gorodetsky somehow succeeded in overcoming this technical problem.
+Due to the steep slope on which the building is situated, it had to be specially designed out of concrete to fit into its foundations correctly. From the front, the building appears to have only three floors. However, from the rear, all of its six floors can be seen.<ref name="vlasenko">{{harvnb|Zharikov|1983–1986|p=38.}}</ref> One part of the building's foundation was made of concrete piles, and the other as a continuous foundation. Usually, these two approaches do not mix well but Horodecki somehow succeeded in overcoming this technical problem.
-The [[Italian people|Italian]] sculptor [[Emilio Sala]] was responsible for both the internal and external sculptural decorations, such as [[mermaids]], dolphins, and frogs on the roof of the building, sinking ships and hunting trophies on the exterior walls, and exuberant interior decorations, such as grand stairways and [[chandelier]]s depicting huge [[catfish]] strangled in the stems of [[Nymphaea|lotus]] flowers. The exterior sculptures created by Sala were made out of [[cement]]. Production of the cement was by the «For» company of which Gorodetsky was the co-director.<ref name="klymenko">{{cite web|url=http://klymenko.data-tec.net/Kyiv/Kyiv.Pechersk.htm |title= "Budynok z Khimeramy" |accessdate= 2006-09-30 |first=Sergiy |last=Klymenko |work=Photos of Kyiv |language=Ukrainian/Russian}}</ref> Cement was used exclusively as the primary building material by the request of the company's head director, Richter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narodnapravda.com.ua/travel/468d12ca51334/ |title= Walks around Kyiv. House with Chimaeras |accessdate= 2006-07-14|author=[http://www.narodnapravda.com.ua/authors/46824f6592482/ explorer]|date= |year=2007 |month=July 5 |work=Narodna pravda |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> At the time of the building's construction, cement was not popular as a building material, so its use was employed as publicity for both the house and the building material.<ref name="klymenko"/>
+The Italian sculptor [[Emilio Sala (sculptor)|Emilio Sala]] was responsible for both the internal and external sculptural decorations, such as [[mermaid]]s, dolphins, and frogs on the roof of the building, sinking ships and hunting trophies on the exterior walls, and exuberant interior decorations, such as grand stairways and [[chandelier]]s depicting huge [[catfish]] strangled in the stems of [[Nymphaea|lotus]] flowers. The exterior sculptures created by Sala were made out of [[cement]]. Production of the cement was by the «For» company of which Horodecki was the co-director.<ref name="klymenko">{{cite web|url=http://klymenko.data-tec.net/Kyiv/Kyiv.Pechersk.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310062635/http://klymenko.data-tec.net/Kyiv/Kyiv.Pechersk.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-03-10|title=Budynok z Khimeramy|access-date=2006-09-30|first=Sergiy|last=Klymenko|work=Photos of Kyiv|language=uk, ru}}</ref> Cement was used exclusively as the primary building material by the request of the company's head director, Richter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narodnapravda.com.ua/travel/468d12ca51334/|title=Walks around Kyiv. House with Chimaeras |access-date=2006-07-14|author=explorer|date=2007-07-05|work=Narodna pravda|language=uk}}</ref> At the time of the building's construction, cement was not popular as a building material, so its use was employed as publicity for both the house and the building material.<ref name="klymenko"/>
-<center><gallery>
+<gallery class="center">
-Image:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007-2.JPG|Elaborate cement decorations, featuring deer and [[rhinoceros]]es, can be seen.
+File:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007-2.JPG|Elaborate cement decorations, featuring deer and [[rhinoceros]]es
-Image:Elephant on House with Chimaeras.JPG|The building features interesting carvings, such as this elephant-head [[gargoyle]].
+File:Elephant on House with Chimaeras.JPG|It features interesting carvings, like this elephant-head [[gargoyle]].
-Image:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007-3.JPG|One of the many figurines seen around the building.
+File:Architectural details on House with Chimaeras 2007-3.JPG|One of the many figurines seen around the building
-</gallery></center>
+</gallery>
 ===Floor plan===
-[[Image:House with Chimaeras (Plan).JPG|thumb|250px|Gorodetsky's original blueprints of his own apartment, located on the sixth floor; early [[1900s]].]]
+[[File:House with Chimaeras (Plan).JPG|thumb|Horodecki's original blueprints of his own apartment, located on the sixth floor; early 1900s]]
-Because the building was designed in such a way that the tenants would occupy the whole floor, each floor had all the necessary household rooms ranging from private kitchens to small powder rooms. The open floor plan and extra rooms featured throughout the building are characteristic of the houses of the wealthy of the early twentieth century.<ref name="vlasenko"/>
+The House with Chimaeras was designed in such a way that the tenants would occupy the whole floor, each floor had all the necessary household rooms ranging from private kitchens to small powder rooms. The open floor plan and extra rooms featured throughout the building are characteristic of the houses of the wealthy of the early 20th century.<ref name="vlasenko"/> In total, the building has an area of {{convert|3309.5|m2|sqft|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="vr-829-р"/>
-On the lowest level of the building, which is located deep in the hill, were two [[stable]]s, two rooms for [[coachman|coachmen]], a shared laundry, and two separate apartments. Each of the two apartments consisted of a foyer, a kitchen, one bathroom, and a storage room. The first of these apartments had two residential rooms, and the second three rooms.<ref>The annual rental in 1903 was 540 and 420 rubles, accordingly. [[#_note-Horodetskyi|Malakov]]</ref> Each floor above the lowest level was designed to house a single apartment only.
+On the lowest level of the building, which is located deep in the hill, were two [[stable]]s, two rooms for [[coachman|coachmen]], a shared laundry, and two separate apartments. Each of the two apartments consisted of a foyer, a kitchen, one bathroom, and a storage room. The first of these apartments had two residential rooms, and the second three rooms.{{refn|The annual rental in 1903 was 540 and 420 rubles, accordingly.{{sfn|Malakov|1999}}|group=nb}} Each floor above the lowest level was designed to house a single apartment only.
-The apartment on the second floor consisted of six residential rooms in addition to a foyer, kitchen, [[buffet]], three servant's rooms, a bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms. There were also four [[wine cellar]]s on the same level.<ref>The price for this apartment was 1,200 rubles in 1903. [[#_note-Horodetskyi|Malakov]]</ref> The cellars belonged to the apartments on the upper levels. On the third floor, the apartment consisted of eight residential rooms, a foyer, a kitchen, [[Scullery (room)|dish washing room]], two rooms for servants, a bathroom, and two toilets.<ref>The initial annual rent for the apartment was 2,000 rubles. [[#_note-Horodetskyi|Malakov]]</ref> This apartment was placed slightly lower than the level of  Bankova Street, from the front entrance.
-The grandest apartment, which belonged to Gorodetsky, consisted of a [[study (room)|study]], a [[great room]] and a [[living room]], a [[dining room]], a boudoir, a [[bedroom]], a children's room, a room for a [[governess]], a guest room, three rooms for servants, a kitchen, dishwashing room, bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> On the floor above was an apartment similar in size and design to Gorodetsky's apartment.<ref>Both of these apartments were rented out for 3,500 rubles annually in 1903. [[#_note-Horodetskyi|Malakov]]</ref> The apartment on the top floor had one less room; to make up for this, there was a connecting terrace which provided a panoramic view of the city.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/><ref>The rental cost for this dwelling was 2,750 rubles annually, (An average salary for a librarian was about 50 rubles per year.) [[#_note-mirtu|Mir turizma]]</ref>
+The apartment on the second floor consisted of six residential rooms in addition to a foyer, kitchen, [[buffet]], three servant's rooms, a bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms. There were also four [[wine cellar]]s on the same level.{{refn|The price for this apartment was 1,200 rubles in 1903.{{sfn|Malakov|1999}}|group=nb}} The cellars belonged to the apartments on the upper levels. On the third floor, the apartment consisted of eight residential rooms, a foyer, a kitchen, [[Scullery (room)|dish washing room]], two rooms for servants, a bathroom, and two toilets.{{refn|The initial annual rent for the apartment was 2,000 rubles.{{sfn|Malakov|1999}}|group=nb}} This apartment was placed slightly lower than the level of [[Bankova Street]], from the front entrance.
+The grandest apartment, which belonged to Horodecki, consisted of a [[study (room)|study]], a [[great room]] and a [[living room]], a [[dining room]], a boudoir, a [[bedroom]], a children's room, a room for a [[governess]], a guest room, three rooms for servants, a kitchen, dishwashing room, bathroom, two toilets, and two storage rooms.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/> On the floor above was an apartment similar in size and design to Horodecki's apartment.{{refn|Both of these apartments were rented out for 3,500 rubles annually in 1903.{{sfn|Malakov|1999}}|group=nb}} The apartment on the top floor had one less room; to make up for this, there was a connecting terrace which provided a panoramic view of the city.<ref name="Horodetskyi"/>{{refn|The rental cost for this dwelling was 2,750 rubles annually. For comparison, an average salary for a librarian was about 50 rubles per year.{{sfn|Ivanenko|2004}}|group=nb}}
 ==Legends==
+[[File:House with Chimaeras gardens.JPG|thumb|Gardens adjoining the building with the Presidential [[Presidential Administration Building (Kyiv)|building]] seen in the background]]
+Throughout the years, the unusual nature of the House with Chimaeras has given rise to a number of stories occasionally repeated in guide-books or newspapers, which are however either untrue or lacking any verifiable source.<ref>{{harvnb|Savchuk|1996|p=95.}}</ref>
-[[Image:House with Chimaeras gardens.JPG|thumb|250px|The gardens adjoining the House with Chimaeras.]]
+According to the first legend, Władysław Horodecki's daughter had committed suicide jumping into [[Dnieper River]]  either because of some unfortunate love affair or because of a family feud.{{refn|It was actually previous owners' (''Professor Mering'') daughter who drowned.{{sfn|Ivanenko|2004}}|group=nb}} As a result, Horodecki went slightly mad and built this gloomy house in his daughter's memory.<ref name="kievinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.kiev.info/culture/house_chimeras.htm|title=House with Chimaeras|access-date=2006-02-16|first=Viktor|last=Pavlovsky |work=Kiev Info|publisher=Optima Tours}}</ref>
-Throughout the years, the House with Chimaeras has had many legends associated with it:
+A second legend has it that Horodecki made a bet with some other architects, including the architect Alexander Skobelev, who had tried to prove that was impossible to build a house on such terrain, because the site (near the [[Ivan Franko]] Theater) overhangs  a swamp (''Koz'ye boloto''). The Construction Committee of Kyiv had prohibited construction of any structures on this particular lot, but eventually the construction of the building allowed Horodecki to win the bet.<ref name="kievinfo"/>
-According to the first legend, Vladislav Gorodetsky's daughter had committed suicide jumping into [[Dnieper River]]  either because of some unfortunate love affair or because of a family feud.<ref>In fact, it was the previous owners' (''Professor Mering'') daughter who drowned. [[#_note-mirtu|Mir turizma]]</ref> As a result, Gorodetsky went slightly mad and built this gloomy house in his daughter's memory.<ref name="kievinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.kiev.info/culture/house_chimeras.htm |title=House with Chimaeras |accessdate= 2006-02-16 |first=Viktor |last=Pavlovsky |work=Kiev Info |publisher=Optima Tours |language=English}}</ref>
+According to the third legend, Horodecki had cursed it in 1913 (due to his [[foreclosure|inability to repay his creditors]]); all of the house's tenants would be either unhappy or would meet some sort of financial misfortune. There is a story that all the businesses who rented a portion of the building either went [[bankrupt]], had their funds stolen or were disbanded.<ref name="mirtu"/>
-A second legend has it that Gorodetsky made a bet with some other architects, including the architect Alexander Kobelev, who had tried to prove that was impossible to build a house on such terrain, because the site (near the [[Ivan Franko]] Theater) overhangs  a swamp (''Koz’ye boloto''). The Construction Committee of Kiev had prohibited construction of any structures on this particular lot, but eventually the construction of the building allowed Gorodetsky to win the bet.<ref name="kievinfo"/>
+==References==
-According to the third legend, Gorodetsky had cursed the house when forced to leave it in 1913 (due to his [[foreclosure| inability to repay his creditors]]); all of the house's tenants would be either unhappy or would meet some sort of financial misfortune. This legend is given credence by the fact that all the businesses who rented a portion of the building either went [[bankrupt]], had their funds stolen or were disbanded<!-- "all organizations were dismissed" not sure what this last one meant-->.<ref name="mirtu"/>
+'''Notes'''
+{{reflist|group="nb"|30em}}
+'''Footnotes'''
-==References and footnotes==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{reflist|30em}}
+'''Bibliography'''
+{{refbegin}}
+* {{Cite journal|last=Ivanenko|first=Anna|title=Horodecki. Lord of Chimaeras|url=http://www.mirtu.com/archiv/MT-01-02-2004/articles/ART8.htm|volume=1–2|journal=Mir Turizma|year=2004|location=[[Kyiv]]|issn=1811-3583|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506082208/http://www.mirtu.com/archiv/MT-01-02-2004/articles/ART8.htm|archive-date=2007-05-06}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Malakov|first=Dmytro|title=Arkhitektor Horodetskyi|publisher=Kyi|year=1999|location=[[Kyiv]]|isbn=966-7161-30-7|language=uk}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Malikenaite|first=Ruta|title=Touring Kyiv|publisher=Baltija Dryk|year=2003|isbn=966-96041-3-3|language=uk}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Savchuk|first=Galina|title=The Streets of Kiev: Five Walks in the Centre|publisher=ArtEc Publishers|year=1996|location=[[Kyiv]]}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Yasiievych|first=V. E.|title=Architecture of Ukraine at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries|publisher=Budivel'nyk|year=1988|location=[[Kyiv]]|isbn=5-7705-0088-3|oclc=19693625|language=ru}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Zharikov|first=N. L.|title=Monuments of urban development and architecture in the Ukrainian SSR|chapter=Residential house (Horodecki's), 1904|chapter-url=http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/pgs-html/pgs1-038.html|volume=1–4|publisher=Budivel'nyk|year=1983–1986|location=[[Kyiv]]|language=ru|lccn=84179019}}
+{{refend}}
 ==External links==
-{{commonscat|House with Chimaeras}}
+{{commons category|House with Chimeras (Kyiv)}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/wumag_old/archiv/2_98/art.htm|title=Art Nouveau in Kyiv|first=Dmytro|last=Horbachov|access-date=2006-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104061652/http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/wumag_old/archiv/2_98/art.htm|archive-date=2004-11-04|url-status=dead|ref=none}}
-<div class="references-small">
-* {{cite web|url=http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/wumag_old/archiv/2_98/art.htm|title=Art Nouveau in Kyiv|first=Dmytro|last=Horbachov}}
+* {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://wek.kiev.ua/uk/Будинок_з_Хімерами|title=House with Chimaeras|encyclopedia=Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv|language=uk}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/old/architecture/buildings/2 |script-title=ru:Замки Киева: Легенды и были Замка Ричарда, Дом с Химерами, замок барона Штейнгеля|trans-title=Castles of Kiev: Legends were Richard's Castle, the House of Chimeras, Baron Steingel's castle |work=Interesniy Kiyev |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104033503/http://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/old/architecture/buildings/2 |archive-date=2006-11-04 }}
-* {{cite web|url=http://wek.kiev.ua/wiki/index.php/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7_%D0%A5%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8|title=   House with Chimaeras|work=Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv|language=Ukrainian}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://brmr.livejournal.com/628752.html |title=Photogallery containing detailed images |work=[[LiveJournal]] |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814171250/http://brmr.livejournal.com/628752.html |archive-date=2013-08-14 }}
-* {{cite web|url=http://www.interesniy.kiev.ua/old/architecture/buildings/2|title=Around the House with Chimaeras|work=Interesniy Kiev|language=Russian}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.domparketa.com.ua/ru/gallery/dom_ximer/ |title=Interior photogallery |work=domparketa.com.ua |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829142840/http://domparketa.com.ua/ru/gallery/dom_ximer/ |archive-date=2006-08-29 }}
-* {{cite web|url=http://brmr.livejournal.com/628752.html|title=Photogallery containing detailed images|work=[[LiveJournal]]|language=Russian}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://www.domparketa.com.ua/ru/gallery/dom_ximer/|title=Interior photogallery|work=domparketa.com.ua|language=Russian}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://tabloid.com.ua/news/2007/6/7/1623.htm|title=Presents of Yushchenko and his chimaeras|work=ТаблоID|language=Ukrainian}}
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