Prosecutor's Office demands through the court to restore the historic «Kudryavtsev's Dacha» in Mykolaiv, which is now a restaurant with a swimming pool

The building of the Kudryavtsev Dacha after the Russian attack in August 2022. Photo by the Mykolaiv Department of Cultural Heritage Protection

The Mykolaiv Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit to oblige the company «Restro Club» to restore at its own expense the destroyed historic building of the «Dacha Kudryavtseva» complex, where a new restaurant with a swimming pool was opened last year.

This was reported in a comment to «NikVesti » by the press service of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The Mykolaiv District Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Cultural Heritage Protection Department of the Department of Culture and Cultural Heritage Protection of the Mykolaiv City Council. The Department of Culture of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration is a third party in the case on the plaintiff's side.

« «» The reason for going to court was the defendant's violation of the requirements of Articles 22, 24, 26, 27 of the Law of Ukraine «On Protection of Cultural Heritage» and the terms of the security agreement, namely in terms of preserving the architectural monument, as the company demolished part of the cultural heritage site», the prosecutor's office said.

As you know, one of the six buildings of «Kudryavtsev's Dacha», located at 13 Sportyvna Street in Mykolaiv, was damaged after a Russian shelling in August 2022. A year ago, it became known that the owner of the territory dismantled the building. Later, the Department of Culture of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration told «NikVesti » that they had not granted permission to dismantle the building.

Construction site on the site of the former building of the historical complex «Kudryavtsev's Dacha», May 2024. Photo: «NikVesti.»

The construction site on the site of the former building of the historical complex «Kudryavtsev's Dacha», May 2024. Photo: «NikVesti»

As reported by the police, the Mykolaiv District Police Department has launched a pre-trial investigation into the illegal dismantling of a part of the historical monument. The case was opened under Part 2 of Article 298 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Illegal search operations at an archaeological heritage site, destruction, destruction or damage to cultural heritage sites).

In the summer of 2024, a recreational complex with a swimming pool and restaurant was opened on the territory where the historic building was located: «Family Club».

«Kudriavtsev's Dacha» is an architectural monument of local significance, having been registered with the state in 1997 by order of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration. It is included in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine. This complex was built in the 19th century as a family estate of a wealthy landowner and philanthropist Dmitry Rostislavovich Kudryavtsev, but after the revolution, it was used as a sanatorium for employees of the 61 Communards Shipyard (now the Mykolaiv Shipyard).

In 2021, deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council leased the territory of «Kudryavtsev's Dacha» to the company «Restro Club», founded by the husband and son of the head of the «Proposal» faction in the Mykolaiv City Council, the head of the administration of the city's Ingul district, Anna Remennikova, Valentyn and Boris Berestnev. Their families are also known to own the restaurants «Daily» and «Daily Sport» in Mykolaiv.

In the same year, the tenant began restoring the abandoned buildings, but the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection of Mykolaiv City Council reported that the historic complex was being reconstructed without the appropriate approval.