Minsk. Monyushko house.

     The Monyushko House is located in the historical center of Minsk near the Palace of the Republic. The building was first found on maps in 1797. At that time, the land plot with the building belonged to the landowner Ratynsky.

          In 1810, the property was sold to Nikolai Gaidukevich, who held the position of mayor. Gaidukevich rebuilt this house in 1819 and the building became three-storied. According to other sources, the third floor appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. There were shops on the ground floor of the building, and the rest of the premises were residential apartments.

      In the period 1830-1831, the famous Belarusian and Polish composer Stanislav Monyushko (1819-1872) lived here. That's why the building is now called the Monyushko House.

      Gaidukevich's heirs sold the building in 1855 to landowner Mikhail Karakazevich. A music and book stores owned by Alexander Valitsky operated in the building. Valitsky was the first author of the biography of S. Monyushko.

In the second half of the 19th century, a two-storey wing on Internatsionalnaya Street was added to the building.

     At the end of the century, the owners of the building were Leon Frenkel and Moses Zabludovsky. They owned this house until 1920. In Soviet times, there were residential apartments in the building. Now there is a pastry shop and a cafe.