the "red flag" will be sold for the debts of its owner. Businessman wants giant nude male figures to return to St. Isaac's Square

Chairman of the coordinating council of the public initiative to protect the architectural complex "Red Banner" Igor Burdinsky wrote a letter to the members of the council for the preservation of cultural heritage, in which he criticized the historical and cultural expertise of the building of the thermal power plant of the "Red Banner" factory on Pionerskaya Street, which they want to adapt for modern use. The examination was done by Margarita Stieglitz, and Mr. Burdinsky asked her to withdraw her license. In response, Mrs. Stieglitz replied to him with an open letter. Kanoner publishes both appeals.

Dear members of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg!

We are writing to you in connection with the problem of preserving the ensemble of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, which was designed by the outstanding architect Erich Mendelssohn and has a global cultural value. Below are the facts that need to be taken into account at today's council meeting (it took place on March 20).

The architectural concept of adaptation for modern use of the dominant architectural ensemble of the Krasnoye Znamya factory - the CHP building - proposed today for discussion by the members of the Council, was made in complete disregard for the approved security obligation No. 40-4 of February 1, 2016 and is a project with flagrant violations of the subject of protection monument. In this regard, the submission of this issue to the Council is unauthorized.

The act based on the results of the historical and cultural expertise dated February 9, 2017, specifying the objects of protection of the cultural heritage object of regional significance “CHP of the Krasnoye Znamya Factory”, executed by expert M.S. Stieglitz, contains gross errors, as well as unreliable information about the object. Thus, the approval of this examination is unacceptable.

The public initiative group sent objections to the conclusions of the above examination to KGIOP, which were officially accepted by the committee.

Analysis of two historical and cultural examinations performed by the expert M. S. Stieglitz on objects located on the territory of the Krasnoe Znamya factory, in which conclusions are drawn regarding the building of the CHPP of the Krasnoe Znamya factory (dated September 25, 2015 and February 9, 2017), revealed differences in the indication of historical facts and contradictions in the conclusions drawn.

These inconsistencies indicate the expert's dishonest and arbitrary attitude towards the preservation of objects of outstanding value.

Arguments and materials confirming the above statements were sent to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, on the basis of which the public initiative raises the issue of depriving expert MS Stieglitz of accreditation.

The declared plans for the restoration of the facades of the monument for the football championship demonstrate absolute incompetence and a lack of understanding of the problems of concrete sanitation. The desire to ensure the appearance of the preservation of the object in such a short time is dangerous for the building, the planned work has nothing to do with the concept of "restoration" and contradicts the principles of dealing with objects of national cultural heritage.

When making decisions regarding the Krasnoye Znamya factory, it is necessary to take into account the critical importance of this architectural ensemble for Russian-German cultural ties. In 2009, within the framework of the Russian-German forum "Petersburg Dialogue", a resolution was signed on the complete preservation of this architectural ensemble. Also, in the working documents of the forum, the object is considered as a unifying factor in the history of relations between Russia and Germany.

The German experts invited to the round table on the preservation of the Krasnoye Znamya factory stated the unacceptable treatment of the historical territory of the factory. According to the results of the visit of German specialists to the facility and familiarization with the concept of adaptation for modern use of the ensemble's dominant - the CHPP building - documentation is being prepared. And, according to their statement, a protest from the international expert organizations DOCOMOMO and ICOMOS will be sent in the near future.

Dear council members! An unchanging, unshakable condition for determining the future function for such a significant architectural monument is to ensure the historical authenticity of the object, namely the absolute preservation of the internal and external appearance of the building. Taking into account the importance of the Red Banner factory ensemble for the history of world architecture. Each of its elements has an outstanding cultural value. In this regard, the members of the council are entrusted with the responsibility for determining the future of this legendary site and for the preservation of the global cultural heritage.

Igor Burdinsky, chairman of the coordinating council of the public initiative to protect the architectural complex "Red Banner"

Chairman of KGIOP S. V. Makarov

Dear Sergey Vladimirovich!

In connection with the letter from Mr. Burdinsky regarding the situation with the CHP plant of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, we report the following.

The expertise he writes about was carried out by the Northwestern Association of Historical and Cultural Research and Expertise LLC and entered the KGIOP on February 14, 2017. On February 21, 2017, it was withdrawn by the customer of the examination, LLC Mendelson, since the expert M. S. Stiglitz discovered serious technical omissions and errors. Thus, we are talking about a disavowed work that has not been reviewed and approved by any authority.

At the same time, at the council for the protection of cultural heritage under the government of St. Petersburg, held on March 20, a preliminary concept for the restoration and use of the CHP plant of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, made by the architectural bureau Liteynaya chast-91, was considered. This issue was brought up for discussion by the council in order to collegially develop the right direction at the earliest stage of designing and adapting a unique avant-garde architectural monument. The Council recommended to approve the concept in terms of restoration and continue work on the functional part of the concept (taking into account the clarification of the subject of protection).

The council was preceded by a discussion of problems related to the fate of the entire complex of the Krasnoye Znamya factory at a round table held on March 17 by the St. Petersburg State Educational Institution VOPIIK with the assistance of KGIOP with the participation of a wide range of specialists.

In addition, at a meeting of the working group of the council, held on March 15, the issue of including the identified cultural heritage object - the production buildings of the Krasnoye Znamya factory - into the unified state register of cultural heritage objects of regional significance was considered.

It should be noted that Mr. Burdinsky, being for many years the owner of the buildings of the former Krasnoye Znamya factory, not only did not take real steps to save the CHPP building, but also sought to exclude the remaining facilities of the complex from the list of identified objects. This did not happen due to the position of KGIOP, the efforts of the public and, in particular, the leading specialist in the field of industrial architecture Stieglitz M.S.

It is surprising that Mr. Burdinsky, who did a lot of damage to the condition of the monument, today acts as its ardent defender.

Alexander Margolis, Chairman of the St. Petersburg city branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments
Mikhail Milchik, Chairman of the Association of Experts for State Historical and Cultural Expertise, Deputy Chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg

Employees of the economic security and anti-corruption department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central District of St. Petersburg are conducting searches against the former owner of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, Igor Burdinsky.

Operational and investigative measures are taking place in three objects - Burdinsky's business partner Oksana Lexachenko, where he lives, the apartment of his other partner and in the office of the company "Finance" on Belinsky Street, 9. This building is actually half owned by Burdinsky.

The actions of law enforcement officers are related to the criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale), which was initiated by the Investigative Committee last November, Fontanka.ru reports. As part of the case, a deal is being studied between Burdinsky and a businessman he knows to guarantee the sale and purchase of one of the attics in the profitable house of the merchants Gulins on Tchaikovsky Street, 61. For the guarantee, Burdinsky received more than 7 million rubles, however, according to the investigation, "... unknown, having no intention to fulfill its obligations, that is, by deceit, being at the address Belinsky Street, 9, received money ... ".

In September 2016, the St. Petersburg City Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by two more St. Petersburg residents who tried to sue Burdinsky for 8 million rubles paid in 2013 for a similar attic in the same house of the merchants Gulins.

Burdinsky has been involved in the development project in the building at Chaikovskogo 61 since 2005, when the project was approved by the Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture and the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments. According to the plan, the roof of the house with an area of ​​about 800 sq. m had to be completely redone. Also, the businessman was going to remake the former Red Banner factory on Red Cadet Street into a hotel and art workshops for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

However, in 2014, Igor Burdinsky went through personal bankruptcy procedures. According to bailiffs, at the time of the seven-million deal for the attic on Tchaikovsky, the businessman owed 55 million rubles, and the Office of the Federal Bailiff Service reports that today his debt is 260.6 million rubles.

In addition, the economic police of the Central District of St. Petersburg is checking the legality of Burdinsky's appointment to the post of general director of the Korinf restoration company, which is now engaged in large government contracts for the restoration of famous objects in the Crimea. According to preliminary information, based on the results of the check, a criminal case may be initiated under Part 1 of Art. 170 of the Criminal Code (Falsification of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the Register of Securities Owners or the Depositary Accounting System).

Searches came to the ex-owner of the Krasnoye Znamya factory in the early morning - Saint Petersburg

The entrepreneur owes more than 260 million rubles Photo: Ivan VISLOV
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Police conduct searches at the former owner of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, Igor Burdinsky- Saint Petersburg

The actions of law enforcement officers are connected with a criminal case on fraud on an especially large scale.
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Until the end of August will determine the date for holding an open auction for the sale of the site, which entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky bought out from Krasnoye Znamya in 2006. In connection with the recognition of his IP as bankrupt in February 2012, all his property, including the complex at the address: Petersburg, Pionerskaya st., 53, will be sold. Bankruptcy manager Andrei Blinkov has been appointed by the Arbitration Court, who is now organizing the auction. In what form the auction will take place has not yet been decided.

IP Igor Burdinsky could not to pay off its debts to creditors, and in February, at the request of Industrial Technologies LLC, the IP was declared bankrupt. According to the press service of Transcapitalbank (the creditor bank), the amount of debt of the IP, confirmed by the court, is more than 2.5 billion rubles: this is a debt to (150 million rubles) and business partners of the IP. Transcapitalbank has several buildings as collateral for the loan, but the bank does not specify whether their sale will be able to cover the debt. The press service of Sberbank could not specify the amount of the entrepreneur's debt. It was not possible to contact Promishlenye Tekhnologii LLC.

But apparently the sale real estate will not cover all the debts of the bankrupt - today, analysts estimate the property of the plant at $ 50 million. The mobile phone of Igor Burdinsky, who used to willingly communicate with the press, does not answer. According to SPARK-Interfax, he is the founder of two more companies - HOA "House of Architect Starov" and Premier Stroy Service LLC.

"At the end of August a meeting of bankruptcy creditors is scheduled, where a report on the measures taken and on the current state of affairs should be presented. In connection with the current situation, measures were taken to financially rehabilitate the company, and today some bankruptcy creditors are considering the possibility of concluding an amicable agreement with IP Burdinsky, his press service comments on the situation. Creditor banks refused to comment on the issue of a "settlement agreement" with the entrepreneur.

In 2006, the St. Petersburg entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky bought 4 hectares from the top management and shareholders of OAO Krasnoye Znamya on the Petrograd side, between Pionerskaya st. and Bolshoi Raznochinnaya st. On this territory there are three production buildings with a total area of ​​more than 40 thousand m2 and a power substation built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the design of the German architect Erich Mendelssohn. Igor Burdinsky expected to develop the territory as a cultural and recreational space. It was planned to house a museum of modern art in the building of the power substation.

Igor Burdinsky earlier told "DP" that he was proud that he was able to collect the entire territory in his hands. "Having acquired the real estate of the Red Banner, I, in fact, suspended the sale of this monument in pieces," the businessman said. "I had to spend tens of millions of dollars on this."

Then he said that his partner is a bank, and the amount of investment in the project was estimated at $500 million. However, he never found investors, and the businessman's partner "sank to the bottom" during the crisis.

"On the site you can to build a multifunctional complex with an area of ​​80-90 thousand m2 of housing and offices in the loft format. And the monuments can be adapted as an art space," says the investment and consulting director. "The site is well located - on the Petrograd side, within walking distance from the metro. In this area, high rental rates for offices are at least $40 per 1 m2 per month, and housing can be sold for $4,000 per 1 m2,” adds Olga Zemtsova, head of the consulting department.

Majority state buildings of the plant is bad. “The last time I inspected buildings was in the spring. There are five monuments of regional importance on the territory, including a mothballed power substation, a knitting shop and three workshops adjacent to it. The situation is difficult, but not an emergency,” says expert Margarita Stieglitz. "Engineering communications do not work there - they will have to be reanimated. And in general, we are not talking about dismantling or partial demolition of buildings. It will only be possible to carry out a reconception. And its cost, based on our experience working on the Proper House project, will be at least $ 120 million ( from 60 thousand rubles per 1 m2)", - adds the commercial director.

Not surprisingly, the respondents Developers assess the prospects of the auction for Krasnoye Znamya differently. "Of course, we will study this lot - its price and possibilities for further use. But there are so many ready-made business centers for sale on the market where there are no such big encumbrances," says Andrey Rostovtsev, financial director (the company has two operating business centers). center in the neighborhood: on Maly pr. and Kropotkina street). "But we consider this site promising and are considering it for acquisition. Nearby are our Classic and Premier Palace projects, where sales of apartments are going very well," says the head of the company. According to him, the cultural encumbrances of the project do not matter. "There are more and more economically successful art zones in big cities. We don't have such projects in our portfolio yet," he says.

Meanwhile, the Smolny "DP" reported that the territory of the "Red Banner" may be considered within the framework of the working group on the formation of a list of potential sites for the creation of the first creative quarter in St. Petersburg.

There is no single recipe for success for redevelopment projects of industrial zones for objects with a cultural twist. But their implementation must be transparent and sane from the economic and cultural side. Transparency can be provided by an open competition for a territory development scenario. By the way, the city administration can contribute to this. Residents should know what will happen in the depressed area, otherwise they will out of habit avoid it. And the sanity of the project, including economic, can be ensured by a deep analysis and a business plan, in which not only marketers, but also culturologists should take part. If the city is interested in the transformation of industrial areas, the authorities should be loyal to the developers who take on such projects, since their economic effect is not obvious. Assistance can be discussed.

Creative director of the loft "Etazhi"

So far successful examples the transformation of former industrial areas into projects with a cultural component in Russia can be counted on the fingers. We can recall the Danilovskaya manufactory in Moscow, which was turned into a modern business center, the art spaces Winzavod and Garage, as well as the Etazhi loft and New Holland Island in St. Petersburg, which have become fashionable cultural and recreational centers. "We are at the beginning of the journey: we have not even begun to develop the entire territory of the island. The Summer in New Holland programs are temporary. This is a great marketing study that will help to study the audience," Roxana Shatunovskaya, creative director of Iris New Holland, modestly remarks.

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The police visited the former owner of the monument of industrial architecture "Red Banner" on the Petrograd side of Igor Burdinsky. The searches were carried out at his place of registration, residence and at his acquaintances. The events are connected with the million-dollar claims of one of the buyers of attics in an apartment building on Tchaikovsky Street, which Burdinsky has been dealing with for the past 10 years. In addition, the police of the Central District are considering material on the so-called "raider" article.

According to Fontanka, today, December 21, at about eight o'clock in the morning, operatives from the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central District conducted three searches in the premises associated with Igor Burdinsky, a well-known businessman in St. Petersburg. So, the employees visited the apartment of his business partner Oksana Lexachenko, where he lives, and the apartment of another friend of his. The search also touched upon the apartment where Burdinsky is registered.

According to Fontanka, a criminal case under a typical article for recent years - part four of the 159th article ("fraud on an especially large scale") - was initiated by the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central District in mid-November of this year. As it became known to Fontanka, the case file examines a deal made last year between Igor Burdinsky and his familiar businessman, as a result of which Burdinsky received more than 7 million rubles for a guarantee of the purchase and sale of one of the attics in the profitable house of the merchants Gulins on Tchaikovsky , 61.

Despite the fact that the deal took place between Burdinsky and a specific Petersburger, the case was opened after the fact. However, in the resolution on initiation, the investigator nevertheless established: “... an unknown person, having no intention to fulfill his obligations, that is, by deception, being at the address: st. Belinsky, 9, received the money ... ”(Recall that the building on Belinsky, 9, once belonged entirely to Burdinsky and there was a dance school for his daughter. However, due to a series of bankruptcies, half of the asset was sold.)

It is possible that the investigation also made such a conclusion based on the fact that at the time of this transaction for the attic, Burdinsky, only according to the bailiffs of St. Petersburg, owed 55 million rubles.

As for his development project at Chaikovsky, 61, it started back in 2005, when Burdinsky received approvals from the CAA and KGIOP. Then it was planned to redo the entire space of the roof of this house - about 800 square meters. meters. Nevertheless, until now he has not received a certificate of ownership, the residents of the house are constantly filing claims with various authorities, and in fact his object is an unfinished attic.

Note that other victims may appear in this criminal case. So, for example, in September of this year, the St. Petersburg City Court issued an appeal ruling, where it finally dismissed the claim of two more St. Petersburg residents who tried to sue Burdinsky for their 8 million rubles. They also paid this amount to him in the fall of 2013 for a similar attic at Chaikovskogo, 61. Based on the court decision, such a determination was made due to the fact that the investor Burdinsky did not fulfill his obligations in full to the KUGI, and their contract was terminated.

In this case, it would not be superfluous to recall the history of sales of a monument of industrial architecture, the former Red Banner factory on Krasnogo Kursant Street. It is no secret that Igor Burdinsky bought most of the real estate with credit money at the peak of the market in 2006-2008, including Krasnoye Znamya. According to his own plans, a hotel, art and design workshops were to open there by the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The cost of implementing his concept was then estimated at 8 billion rubles. However, by 2014, all the procedures for his personal bankruptcy had passed.

Another thing is that then Burdinsky began to increase debts again, which is clearly visible on the website of the Office of the Federal Bailiffs Service of St. Petersburg, where today his debt is 260.6 million rubles.

As for the criminal case on fraud, within the framework of which searches are taking place today, December 21, then, according to Fontanka, Burdinsky was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Service.

Also, according to our publication, in the same economic police of the Central District there is an audit material, where Igor Burdinsky also appears. Only these documents relate to the already illegal, according to the applicant, appointment of Burdinsky to the post of general director of the restoration company Korinth (by the way, Korinf is currently working on large government contracts for the restoration of famous objects in the Crimea).

According to one of Fontanka's interlocutors in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this check may also result in the initiation of the so-called "raider" article 170.1 of the Criminal Code - "Falsification of the unified state register of legal entities, the register of securities holders or the depositary accounting system."

27/02/2015

Entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky wants to return the statues of the Dioscuri to the roof of the former German embassy at St. Isaac's Square, 11, which were thrown from there during the German pogrom in the early days of the war of 1914.

E This is not the first attempt to restore historical and architectural justice, but the previous ones were not crowned with success. And it's not just about money: after all, the statues were destroyed in their time as a symbol of German militarism. However, one cannot but admit that without them the building of the former embassy looks like a pedestal without a monument.

Igor Burdinsky, the former owner of the famous constructivist factory Krasnoye Znamya, told Gorod 812 that he was creating a special fund that would restore the most interesting lost city monuments. The fund is called "11", according to the number of objects that are planned to be restored in the first place. But they will not be limited. At the same time, the Dioscuri are in the first place, in the second, according to Burdinsky, is a sculptural group that disappeared during repairs about 10 years ago from the building of the Catherine's Assembly (the corner of the Griboedov Canal and the Middle Podyacheskaya). Now it is stored in an unrestored form inside the building itself, which is occupied by various departments.

The Dioscuri, the twins Castor and Pollux from ancient myths - two giant naked male figures made in the "Teutonic style" holding horses by the bridle - appeared on St. Isaac's Square simultaneously with the new building of the German embassy a year before the start of the war.

The construction project by Peter Behrens was led by Mies van der Rohe, who later became perhaps the most famous German architect of the 20th century. With its unusual appearance for St. Petersburg, the building embarrassed many contemporaries and was destroyed with great pleasure by the patriotic crowd as soon as the war broke out between Russia and Germany. The statues were thrown from the roof (according to some reports, the crowd even dragged them to the Moika and threw them into the river). What happened to them afterwards is unknown.

On his own initiative, Igor Burdinsky created a model of the lost statue on a scale of 1:10. This, however, is not the first attempt to restore the twins - in the Office of the Ministry of Justice for St. Petersburg, which now occupies a building on St. Isaac's Square, there is a copy of the sculptural group.

Igor Burdinsky, entrepreneur

- What exactly will be the role of your foundation?
- The idea of ​​restoring this or that monument is often expressed, but no one knows how to implement it. In a number of cases, the departments on whose territory they were located even partially have funds for this. For example, in front of the Obukhov Hospital, which now belongs to the Military Medical Academy, there was a bust of Catherine II, in front of the Academy of the General Staff, where the Military University of Communications is now, - a monument to the dead academy graduates. We will contribute to the implementation of such ideas.

- Why did you decide to start with the Dioscuri?
- The topic of the Dioscuri is the closest for me and my like-minded people, for the sake of it the foundation was created, besides, it is tied to time. I would like to return them to 2018, the centenary of the end of the First World War. It would be a good symbol, a gesture of good will - when somewhere in the world our monuments are broken, we are restoring them. We collected materials, created a 1:10 model on our own, now we need to translate it into 1:5, this will be a demonstration material.

- And what kind of model is now in the Department of the Ministry of Justice?
- I don’t know how long that model has existed, it was not created by us, but we learned about it at the stage of making the Dioscuri model, after we studied the materials, among which were exclusive photographic documents sent by our colleagues from the German archives.

- With whom do you need to negotiate to get permission to install the sculpture?
- We need the good will of the Ministry of Justice as a user of the building, of course, KGIOP and the desire of the city government. Now the main thing is to form a public opinion about the significance of this project for our city. The issue of funding is important, but public opinion is more important.

- How much will the creation of the Dioscuri cost?
- In 2008, one of the publications on this topic mentioned the figure of 170 million rubles. I think now, despite inflation, you can keep within the same amount.

Ksenia Cherepanova, press secretary of KGIOP:

The six-meter sculptural group existed on the building of the German Embassy for only a year - after the outbreak of the First World War, the embassy was attacked by a patriotic mob. The topic of recreating the Dioscuri has already been raised as part of the charitable project "Gift Shop for St. Petersburg", which took place in 2005-2007, but no clear decision was made.

When a source of extrabudgetary funding appears, the question of the expediency of restoring the Berens-Encke work in its original form, of course, should be brought up for discussion by the professional community. It is also necessary to understand that such a decision will entail the need to survey the technical condition of the building. It may be necessary to carry out work to strengthen the structures.

What other lost objects does the fund "11" want to restore: