House with ancient gates: in Kaluga told the story of merchants Bilibiny

The house of Ivan Bilibin with the gates of the XVIII-XIX centuries is located on Kutuzov Street in the regional capital and is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

As recalled in Minstroy, in the past, the street bore several names at once. In the pre-revolutionary years, it was called Ilyinskaya, Turubayevskaya, Bykov and Epiphany. In 1918, it became the Red Army. Since 1955 it has been named after Kutuzov.

The Bilibins themselves are representatives of an ancient merchant family known since the time of Ivan the Terrible. Their ancestors were famous merchants of the first guild.

By the end of the XVIII century, the Bilibins were trading even abroad. The family owned a linen and sailing factory and a cast iron and smelting plant.

The ancient gates of the Bilibins estate have been preserved in their original form until today.

Earlier, “MK in Kaluga” wrote that Kaluga citizens can visit “Belinka” on the Pushkin map.