Petrogradskaya Embankment, 44, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
The poet Alexander Blok’s mother divorces her husband and later marries the military officer Franz Kublicki-Piottukh. The family moves to the barracks of the Grenadier Regiment. From 1889 to 1906, Blok lives with his mother and stepfather in an apartment in the officers’ barracks of the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment. In the very first year, his mother enrolls him in the Vvedenskaya Gymnasium, located on the Bolshoy Prospekt of the Petrograd side. At that time, the officers’ house had three floors; during the Soviet era, a fourth floor was added. Alexander Blok lived in the grenadier barracks for 17 years, almost half of his life.
Blok did not develop a close inner bond with his stepfather, but the poet held warm feelings for him and affectionately called him “Franzik.” His childhood and youth passed in the barracks. He lived there for 17 years—from 1889 to 1906.
From 1889 to 1906, Blok lived with his mother and stepfather in an apartment in the officers’ barracks of the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment. In the very first year, his mother enrolled him in the Vvedenskaya Gymnasium, located on the Bolshoy Prospekt of the Petrograd side. At that time, the officers’ house had three floors; during the Soviet era, a fourth floor was added. Alexander Blok lived in the grenadier barracks for 17 years, almost half of his life. During these years, the poet wrote the plays “The Little Booth,” “The King on the Square,” as well as poems that were included in the collections “Poems about the Beautiful Lady” and “Unexpected Joy.”
Blok wrote his first poems at the age of five. At eight, he met the Kazan lyric poet Gavrila Gabriyev, after a brief conversation with whom he firmly decided to become a poet. In 1898, Alexander graduated from gymnasium. That same summer, he became infatuated with Lyubov Mendeleeva. In August, he enrolled in the law faculty of St. Petersburg University. Three years later, he transferred to the faculty of history and philology.
Sources:
https://www.kp.ru/russia/idei-dlya-otpuska/mesta-svyazannye-s-aleksandrom-blokom-v-sankt-peterburge/
