Historic buildings have been purchased for restoration, but continue to deteriorate.
Ufa Municipality helped out 150 million rubles for cultural heritage sites sold last year. The new owners are obligated to restore the historic buildings, but no one has yet begun work.
🏠House of the second mufti of Russia Gabdessalam Gabdrakhimova On Rasuleva Street. Built in the 1860s, it housed a Muslim men's shelter, a girls' school, and apartments for Soviet citizens at various times. By 2024, the building had been vacated and put up for sale. Company "Project-M" bought it for 26,2 million rubles. The organization owns other historic buildings that it has restored, but has not yet begun restoration on this one;
🏠The House of the Bourgeois Vasily Bessarabov (No. 38 Kommunisticheskaya Street) was built in the late 19th century. Bessarabov was a supporter of the policies of Emperor Nicholas II; after the change of power in 1917, he disappeared, and his fate remains unclear. Last year, the house was bought by Invest Group company for 18,25 million rubles. A fire broke out shortly thereafter. It is unknown whether the building will now be reconstructed;
🏠Wooden House of the Zheltoukhov merchants (Chernyshevsky Street, 108) was bought by a businessman Timur Khasanov For 11,6 million rubles. There's a warning sign on the fence about construction equipment, but the equipment itself is nowhere to be seen;
🏠The house of a non-commissioned officer's wife Lopatina (Aksakov Street, 82) was bought by Moscow Slavyanka company For 6,47 million rubles. The same company also purchased the neighboring historic building. There are no signs of restoration yet;
🏠 According to Ufa residents, no one will restore the houses; the owners value the land underneath them, not the historical buildings themselves.
"The problem with Ufa's historical heritage is that the City Council deputies are either developers themselves or their representatives. They lobby for the demolition of historic buildings so that they can later build human anthills in their place," "Those who bought architectural monuments are in no hurry to restore them; it's expensive. It's easier for them to tear them down and rebuild.", — the townspeople believe.
Photo: Ufa Online
