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The current development of Sovetskaya Street was formed in the XVI–XIX centuries. It was the central commercial artery of the city.
The best hotels were located here and at the same time the most important events took place. Many addresses are associated with participants in the uprisings of 1830-1831 and 1864-1865 . During its history, the street was named Vilenskaya, Dominican, Mostovaya, Gymnasium, Cathedral. Little is known about the ancient building of the street. It acquired a more respectable appearance in the middle of the XVII century, when a church and a monastery of the Dominican Order were built here. Like the Jesuits, they launched a wide cultural and economic activity in the city center. The church in the early Baroque style, one of the most beautiful in Grodno, was dismantled by order of the Russian authorities ten years after the uprising of 1863-1864. The building of the former Dominican gymnasium has been preserved (Sovetskaya str., 6, 8).
A few meters away, on Sovetskaya Street, 14 is the building of the former Church of the Holy Spirit. Founded by Queen Bona in 1551, the church operated until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when it was rebuilt into a House of Mercy, and from the middle of the nineteenth century it was transferred to a private person, and then the Slavyansky Hotel appeared here. Nearby, on the site of the current department store, the Europa Hotel was located – at one time Karl Olesha, the father of the famous writer Yuri Olesha, whose childhood was spent in Grodno, worked here as a manager. At the corner of Sovetskaya and Ozheshko Streets there were important administrative buildings of the Grodno province – the district court (Sovetskaya, 31) and the district post office (Ozheshko, 1). Both buildings were originally palaces of the Princes of Massalsky, but were badly damaged by fires in 1753, 1782 and rebuilt in the style of classicism.
Now numerous shopping, cultural and entertainment establishments are located on Grodno pedestrian street, which is about 500 meters long.
The best hotels were located here and at the same time the most important events took place. Many addresses are associated with participants in the uprisings of 1830-1831 and 1864-1865 . During its history, the street was named Vilenskaya, Dominican, Mostovaya, Gymnasium, Cathedral. Little is known about the ancient building of the street. It acquired a more respectable appearance in the middle of the XVII century, when a church and a monastery of the Dominican Order were built here. Like the Jesuits, they launched a wide cultural and economic activity in the city center. The church in the early Baroque style, one of the most beautiful in Grodno, was dismantled by order of the Russian authorities ten years after the uprising of 1863-1864. The building of the former Dominican gymnasium has been preserved (Sovetskaya str., 6, 8).
A few meters away, on Sovetskaya Street, 14 is the building of the former Church of the Holy Spirit. Founded by Queen Bona in 1551, the church operated until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when it was rebuilt into a House of Mercy, and from the middle of the nineteenth century it was transferred to a private person, and then the Slavyansky Hotel appeared here. Nearby, on the site of the current department store, the Europa Hotel was located – at one time Karl Olesha, the father of the famous writer Yuri Olesha, whose childhood was spent in Grodno, worked here as a manager. At the corner of Sovetskaya and Ozheshko Streets there were important administrative buildings of the Grodno province – the district court (Sovetskaya, 31) and the district post office (Ozheshko, 1). Both buildings were originally palaces of the Princes of Massalsky, but were badly damaged by fires in 1753, 1782 and rebuilt in the style of classicism.
Now numerous shopping, cultural and entertainment establishments are located on Grodno pedestrian street, which is about 500 meters long.
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