Malaya Morskaya 24 ulitsa
Bus: 3, 10, 22, 27, K-169, K-190,
K-252, K-289
Angleterre (Hotel d'Angleterre from French Angleterre - England) is a four-star hotel in the center of St. Petersburg. It is located on the corner of Voznesensky Prospekt (house 10) and Malaya Morskaya Street (house 24), overlooking St. Isaac's Square. Since the 1970s refers to the hotel complex "Astoria".
Malaya Morskaya 24 ulitsa
Bus: 3, 10, 22, 27, K-169, K-190, K-252, K-289
Tram: 5, 22
Angleterre Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Saint Petersbur Original Hotel was constructed 1840 under supervision of Napoleon Bokin and thus became known as Napoleon's. Many notable Russian figures stayed here including Leo Tolstoy. However in 1886- 89 Angleterre Hotel completely reborn and got its current name. After Russian Revolution it became known as Hotel International and later renamed to Leningradskaya in 1948. Original name of Angleterre Hotel was returned only in 1970's. In 1987 Angleterre Hotel was completely reconstruct despite public protests. The facade of the original building preserved, but the rest of the building is brand new.
Angleterre Hotel is particularly famous in Russian history as a place where famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin allegedly hanged himself in December 28, 1925. However not everyone in Russia agrees with the official Bolshevik theory. There is plenty of evidence that Angleterre Hotel was a site of a murder rather than a suicide.
The building was built at the beginning of the 19th
century (the architect is unknown), in 1845-1846 it was rebuilt
according to the design of the architect A. Robin. A fourth floor was
added to the courtyard. The building was used as an apartment building
(S. Poggenpohl's apartment building).
Since 1876 it has been
converted into a hotel.
The names of the hotel changed several
times: at first Schmidt-England (by the name of the owner Teresa
Schmidt), then simply "England", from 1911 to 1919 - "Angleterre" (in
the French manner), from 1919 to 1925 - "Internationale", from 1925 to
1948 - Angleterre, since 1948 - Leningradskaya. Until 1924, the British
mission was located in this building.
In 1987, when it became
known that it was decided to demolish the hotel building, the city
community came out in defense of the historical monument. High-profile
actions were organized by a group for saving the historical and cultural
monuments of Leningrad. A picket was held for several days (from March
16 to March 18), the group was supported by many well-known cultural
figures. After the authorities demolished the building, a permanent
picket was organized; a month later, a rally "Angleterre Memorial Month"
was held, which brought together about 2 thousand people.
In 1987
it was completely dismantled and by 1991 it was rebuilt with the
preservation of its external appearance with the participation of
designer Olga Polizzi.
After the demolition and construction,
Angleterre was merged into a single hotel complex with Astoria. Since
1997 Angleterre has been managed by Rocco Forte Hotels.
In 2014, the hotel had 193 rooms to accommodate guests. For business people, the hotel has three multifunctional meeting rooms for up to 100 people, as well as a conference room for 205 seats, decorated in the theater style and equipped with a four-language translation system.
From January 4 (18) to January 10 (22), 1886, Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov stayed at the hotel.
On June 17 (29), 1889, at the
age of 75, John James Hughes, the founder and director of the
Novorossiysk Society Plant (Yuzovsky Zavod), thanks to which modern
Donetsk arose, suddenly died in a hotel. Death was due to apoplexy.
In the summer of 1921, Isadora Duncan arrived in Soviet Russia. She
lived in the Angleterre Hotel, and many Soviet musicians visited her.
On December 28, 1925, poet Sergei Yesenin was found dead in room 6 of
the Angleterre Hotel. Here his last poem was written: "Goodbye, my
friend, goodbye ..."
The Angleterre hotel is
particularly famous in Russian history as the place where the famous
Russian poet Sergei Yesenin is said to have hanged himself on
December 28, 1925. However, not everyone in Russia agrees with the
official Bolshevik theory. There is ample evidence that the hotel
Angleterre was the scene of a murder, not a suicide. It is known
that he wrote his poem here.
Good-bye, my friend, good-bye.
My dear, you are in my heart
Intended parting
Promises a meeting ahead.
Good-bye, my friend, without a hand, without a word,
Don't be
sad or brow sad, —
Dying is not new in this life,
But life, of
course, is not new.
‹1925›