Gebernskie (Provincial) Houses

View of Makarovskaya street with so-called Gebernskie (Provincial) Houses is on the photo. These houses were build under Peter's decree of 1714 at the expense of the provinces of Russia 'of the court with five each year,' ie, 31 houses must be built every year. At the same time, Peter rebuked every stone construction in Russia everywhere except of Petersburg and Kronstadt, to speed up the case. 47 houses were built during Peter the Great reign. Some of them are on the photo. They were rebuilt several times but old walls of 18 AD under new plaster...