According to the 1909 list of homeowners, house number 11 was owned by Varvara Alekseyevna Zimina, the lieutenant’s daughter.

No. 13 – Alexander Alexandrovich Kvatkovsky, a nobleman (it seems the numbering got a bit mixed up). Now both houses share the same number, 11.

Narrow windows aren’t a death sentence for apartments; after all, with such high ceilings, the window area and amount of sunlight remain comparable to those of wider windows. On Google Maps in 2015, the building looked semi-abandoned,

But in 2017, the windows on the upper floors on the left side were replaced with plastic ones, and flowers appeared on the balcony.

Despite the missing windows, this is probably a good sign—as long as people are living in the building, it stands a chance of avoiding demolition… and maybe even getting its facade repaired. The staircase looks a bit run-down.

However, the staircase railings, and the Mettlach tiles were preserved.

The cheerful decorations on the first floor, which were recently added, bring to mind circus drums

The original doors in the building’s entrance have been preserved: