... The more I delved into the subject, the more I became convinced that the history of some buildings is sometimes more vivid and interesting than any human biography. The house in question is indeed located above the Amur River, just a hundred meters from the embankment. Today, residents of Khabarovsk know it as the District Officers' House of the Russian Army. However, this was not always the case. The first Amur Governor-General, Baron Korf, was the first to step through its doors. Alas, the descendants did not pay much tribute to those whose efforts turned Khabarovka into the city of Khabarovsk. In 1931, when militant atheists demolished the Assumption Cathedral, which stood near the governor-general's house and where Korff was buried, they discovered his tomb. One of the "masters of the new life" took a liking to the baron's boots... It was a sacrilege. But it happened. The last owner of this house before the revolution was Governor-General Gondatti. Under his rule, an amazing orchard was planted near the building, but it has since been destroyed. However, the gardener's son, 85-year-old Konstantin Grigorievich Grigorov, who witnessed the subsequent history of the house on the Amur River, is still alive today. Interestingly, he was born and worked his entire life in this very building. His employment record contains only one entry: "Hired as a projectionist at the Khabarovsk Red Army House on May 15, 1930"... However, before the Governor-General's House became the DKA, the building had many different owners. During the interregnum period from 1920 to 1922, the house was occupied by Japanese invaders, White Guards, and Red Partisans. Naturally, the building suffered from the constant changes in ownership. The Governor-General's property was gradually dismantled by various individuals. As a result, the Komsomol, which inherited the building for use as a club, received only bare walls. The party organization did not have such an institution, so all party meetings ... Читать далее