In the middle of the 19th century, on the corner of Bolshaya and Tikhvinskaya streets, there was a wooden house. It is difficult to determine now who lived there... The estate was located in the oldest part of the city, which was settled in the first half of the 18th century.
1899 is the beginning of the construction of a stone building. Its completion is reported by historian Yu. P. Kolmakov in the "Chronicle of the City of Irkutsk": "On August 12, 1901, the construction of the stone house of the architect A. I. Kuznetsov on the corner of Bolshaya and Tikhvinskaya streets was completed."
Before the revolution, the building was occupied by government agencies. Before 1916, judging by the nature of the interior layout, the building could have been intended for a hotel. In 1916-1917, the Control Chamber was here.
After the second All-Siberian Congress of Soviets from February to July 1918, the building housed the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Siberia of the second convocation, chaired by N. N. Yakovlev.
The Siberian general A. A. Taube, the hero of the civil war S.G. Lazo, the chairman of the Transbaikal Provincial Executive Committee of the Soviets I.A. Butin and other prominent public and political figures of that time worked here.
After the revolution, the building changed hands, and at one time even the government of Admiral Kolchak met here. In the early twenties of the last century, Anna Timiryova, Admiral Kolchak’s beloved woman, languished in this house for two weeks and was taken into custody as an enemy of the people.
From 1923 to 1930, the building was occupied by the workers’ faculty named after N.N. Yakovlev. Excellent teachers worked at the workers’ faculty, preparing future students for admission to higher educational institutions. On December 28, 1928, the workers’ faculty was visited by V.I. Lenin's comrade, the People's Commissar of Education of the RSFSR A.V. Lunacharsky.
From 1993 to 2024, the building housed the Consulate of the Republic of Poland, as well as the government and other institutions. Now the building houses our five-star hotel.