Petrovsky House in Vologda
At the end of the XVII - beginning of the XVIII century Vologda played an important role in the country's economy. There were paths to the White Sea through it. Peter the Great – the Emperor of Russia, has repeatedly come here.Making his trips to Arkhangelsk, Peter I stayed in Vologda, in the house of the Dutch merchant Gutman. He was attracted by the location of the house at the crossroads from Moscow, a waterway to Arkhangelsk. On the opposite shore there was a construction of ships.Initially, the house had many rooms and outbuildings, but numerous fires destroyed them. Only one stone chamber survived which, as it is assumed, was not the main dwelling but was an office and a trading room.Several owners changed in the house after the liquidation of the Gutman trading office. In 1872 it was bought by the local nobility and the zemstvo for four thousand roubles. In June 1885 a museum called the Petrovsky House was opened here.At the end of the XIX century the house was reconstructed. The architectural appearance and interior were distorted as a result of not very skillful restoration. Anyway, the main room still represents an interesting example of architecture of the XVII century.Nowadays, Petrovsky House tells about the life of the region and the city in the first quarter of the XVIII century, about the affairs and everyday life of Vologda residents. It stands on the picturesque elevated bank of the river not far from the pier reminding the stormy days in the history of the Russian state – Peter's time.A square was set up near the museum house in which an old Vologda cannon was installed. Vologda residents and tourists like to walk along Peter's Roads here.