City estate of the Musins-Pushkins

The mansion belonged to Count A. I. Musin-Pushkin, who was a major figure in the Russian Enlightenment. Since 1835, the building housed a gymnasium, and after that a University of civil Engineering. The building was built in 1790-1800, the architectural style is classicism. The building has eight columns, a semicircular niche in the balcony.