KGIOP reported on the condition of Miller's burnt mansion in St. Petersburg

The Miller mansion in St. Petersburg, where a fire occurred on Thursday, did not have comprehensive interior decoration; it was lost during the Soviet period; only 20% of the premises had fragments of historical interiors, said Alexei Mikhailov, chairman of the city committee for state control, use and protection of historical and cultural monuments (KGIOP).

“The object did not have comprehensive interior decoration. About 20% of the premises had fragmentary decoration, the entrance group had decoration. Therefore, there probably was no serious loss of historical interiors here. Still, the object did not initially have complex decoration. It was lost during the Soviet period,” he said in a video provided by the press service of the city administration.

Mikhailov said that after the completion of the work of the State Emergency Management Directorate, a comprehensive additional examination of the building will be carried out, including with the participation of specialists from the KGIOP.

He noted that the restoration work on the building will be carried out on schedule and will be completed by the end of 2028.

“Permission was issued to carry out work until the end of 2028. Of course, this is a sad event, but there are measurements, there is recording, there is a restoration project, which involved not just preserving, but also restoring partly lost interiors,” said the head of the committee.

On Thursday evening, a fire broke out in the unused historic Miller Mansion, built in the second half of the 18th century. The fire area was 2 thousand square meters. As reported by the State Emergency Service, the roof sheathing on an area of ​​250 square meters also burned in the adjacent building.

"The mansion and apartment building of K.L. Miller" on Yakubovicha Street, building 2, letters A, B in 2021 was recognized as an object of cultural heritage of regional significance. The building was rebuilt several times. It dates from the second half of the 18th century (1872) and 1879–1880, when the last reconstruction took place according to the design of the architect Ferdinand Miller, who carried out it for his brother Karl Miller.