Burdinsky Igor Ilyich debts. The businessman wants giant naked male figures to return to St. Isaac's Square

27/02/2015

Entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky wants to return the statues of the Dioscuri to the roof of the former German embassy on St. Isaac's Square, 11, which were thrown from there during the German pogrom in the first days of the 1914 war.

E This is not the first attempt to restore historical and architectural justice, but the previous ones were not crowned with success. And it’s not just about money: after all, the statues were destroyed at one time as a symbol of German militarism. However, one cannot help but admit that without them the building of the former embassy looks like a pedestal without a monument.

Igor Burdinsky, the former owner of the famous constructivist factory “Red Banner,” told City 812 that he was creating a special fund that would restore the most interesting lost city monuments. The fund is called “11”, based on the number of objects that are planned to be restored first. But they will not be limited to them. At the same time, in the first place are the Dioscuri, in the second, according to Burdinsky, is a sculptural group that disappeared during renovations about 10 years ago from the building of the Catherine Collection (corner of the Griboyedov Canal and Srednyaya Podyacheskaya). Now it is stored in unrestored form inside the building itself, which is occupied by various departments.

The Dioscuri, twins Castor and Pollux from ancient myths - two giant naked male figures made in the “Teutonic style”, holding horses by the bridle - appeared on St. Isaac's Square simultaneously with the new building of the German embassy a year before the start of the war.

The construction, designed by Peter Behrens, was led by Mies van der Rohe, who later became perhaps the most famous German architect of the 20th century. With its unusual appearance for St. Petersburg, the building embarrassed many contemporaries and was destroyed with great pleasure by the patriotic crowd as soon as the war began between Russia and Germany. The statues were thrown from the roof (according to some reports, the crowd even dragged them to the Moika River and threw them into the river). What happened to them afterwards is unknown.

On his own initiative, Igor Burdinsky created a 1:10 scale model of the lost statue. This, however, is not the first attempt to restore the twins - in the Office of the Ministry of Justice for St. Petersburg, which now occupies a building on St. Isaac's Square, there is a copy of the sculptural group.

Igor Burdinsky, entrepreneur

- What exactly will be the role of your foundation?
- Very often the idea is expressed to restore this or that monument, but no one knows how to implement it. In some cases, the departments on whose territory they were located even partially have the funds for this. For example, in front of the Obukhov Hospital, which now belongs to the Military Medical Academy, there was a bust of Catherine II, in front of the Academy of the General Staff, where now the Military University of Communications, there was a monument to the dead graduates of the academy. We will promote the implementation of such ideas.

- Why did you decide to start with the Dioscuri?
- The theme of the Dioscuri is the closest to me and my like-minded people, for the sake of it the foundation was created, and besides, it is tied to time. I would like to bring them back to 2018, the centenary of the end of the First World War. This would be a good symbol, a gesture of goodwill - when somewhere in the world our monuments are destroyed, we restore them. We collected materials, created a 1:10 model on our own, now we need to convert it to 1:5, this will be a demonstration material.

- What kind of model is currently in the Department of the Ministry of Justice?
- I don’t know how long that model has existed, it was not created by us, but we learned about it at the stage of manufacturing the Dioscuri model, after we had studied the materials, which included exclusive photographic documents sent by our colleagues from German archives.

- Who do you need to negotiate with to get permission to install the sculpture?
- We need the good will of the Ministry of Justice as the user of the building, naturally, KGIOP and the desire of the city government. The main thing now is to form public opinion about the significance of this project for our city. The issue of funding is important, but public opinion is more important.

- How much will it cost to create the Dioscuri?
- In 2008, one of the publications on this topic mentioned the figure of 170 million rubles. I think that now, despite inflation, we can meet the same amount.

Ksenia Cherepanova, press secretary of KGIOP:

The six-meter sculptural group existed on the building of the German Embassy for only a year - after the outbreak of the First World War, the embassy was attacked by a patriotic crowd. The topic of recreating the Dioscuri has already been raised within the framework of the charity project “Gift Store for St. Petersburg,” which took place in 2005-2007, but no definite decision was made.

When a source of extra-budgetary funding appears, the question of the advisability of restoring the Behrens-Encke work in its original form should certainly be brought up for discussion by the professional community. It is also necessary to understand that such a decision will entail the need to examine the technical condition of the building. It may be necessary to carry out work to strengthen the structures.

What other lost objects does the 11 Foundation want to restore:

The chairman of the coordinating council of the public initiative to protect the Krasnoe Znamya architectural complex, Igor Burdinsky, wrote a letter to members of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, in which he criticized the historical and cultural examination of the thermal power plant building of the Krasnoe Znamya factory on Pionerskaya Street, which they want to adapt for modern use. The examination was carried out by Margarita Stieglitz, and Mr. Burdinsky asked her to deprive her of her license. In response, Mrs. Stieglitz responded with an open letter. Gunner publishes both appeals.

Dear members of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg!

We are contacting you in connection with the problem of preserving the ensemble of the Red Banner factory, which was built according to the design of the outstanding architect Erich Mendelsohn and has global cultural value. Below are the facts that need to be taken into account at today's council meeting (held on March 20).

The architectural concept of adapting for modern use the dominant architectural ensemble of the Krasnoe Znamya factory - the thermal power plant building - proposed today for discussion by council members - was carried out in complete non-compliance with the approved protective obligation dated 02/01/16 No. 40-4 and represents a project with flagrant violations of the subject of protection monument. In this regard, bringing this issue to the council is unauthorized.

The act based on the results of the historical and cultural examination dated February 9, 2017, clarifying the items of protection of the cultural heritage site of regional significance “Thermal Power Plant of the Red Banner Factory”, carried out by expert M. S. Stiglitz, contains gross errors, as well as unreliable information about the object. Thus, the approval of this examination is unacceptable.

The public initiative group sent objections to the conclusions of the above examination to the KGIOP, which were officially accepted by the committee.

Analysis of two historical and cultural examinations carried out by expert M. S. Stiglitz on objects located on the territory of the Krasnoye Znamya factory, in which conclusions are drawn regarding the building of the thermal power plant of the Krasnoye Znamya factory (dated September 25, 2015 and February 9, 2017), revealed differences in the indication of historical facts and contradictions in the conclusions drawn.

These discrepancies indicate an unscrupulous and arbitrary attitude of the expert towards the conservation of objects of outstanding value.

Arguments and materials confirming the above statements were sent to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, on the basis of which the public initiative raises the issue of depriving expert M. S. Stiglitz of accreditation.

The declared plans for the restoration of the facades of the monument for the football championship demonstrate absolute incompetence and lack of understanding of the problems of concrete rehabilitation. The desire to ensure the appearance of the safety of the object in such a short time is dangerous for the building; the planned work has nothing to do with the concept of “restoration” and contradicts the principles of handling objects of national cultural heritage.

When making decisions regarding the Red Banner factory, it is necessary to take into account the critical importance of this architectural ensemble for Russian-German cultural ties. In 2009, within the framework of the Russian-German forum “St. Petersburg Dialogue”, a resolution was signed on the complete preservation of this architectural ensemble. Also in the working documents of the forum, the object is considered as a unifying factor in the history of relations between Russia and Germany.

German experts invited to a round table on the preservation of the Red Banner factory noted the unacceptable treatment of the historical territory of the factory. Based on the results of the visit of German specialists to the site and familiarization with the concept of adapting the dominant feature of the ensemble - the thermal power plant building - for modern use, documentation is being prepared. And, according to their statement, a protest will be sent to the international expert organizations DOCOMOMO and ICOMOS in the near future.

Dear council members! An unchangeable, unshakable condition for determining the future function of such a significant architectural monument is to ensure the historical authenticity of the object, namely the absolute preservation of the internal and external appearance of the building. Taking into account the significance of the Red Banner factory ensemble for the history of world architecture. Each of its elements has outstanding cultural value. As such, council members are charged with the responsibility of determining the future of this iconic property and preserving the global cultural heritage.

Igor Burdinsky, Chairman of the Coordination Council of the public initiative to protect the Red Banner architectural complex

To the Chairman of the KGIOP S. V. Makarov

Dear Sergei Vladimirovich!

In connection with Mr. Burdinsky’s letter regarding the situation with the thermal power plant of the Krasnoe Znamya factory, we report the following.

The examination he writes about was carried out by Northwestern Association of Historical and Cultural Research and Expertise LLC and was received by KGIOP on February 14, 2017. It was withdrawn by the customer of the examination, Mendelson LLC, on February 21, 2017, since the expert M. S. Stiglits discovered serious technical omissions and errors. Thus, we are talking about disavowed work, not reviewed or approved by any authority.

At the same time, at the council for the protection of cultural heritage under the government of St. Petersburg, held on March 20, a preliminary concept for the restoration and use of the thermal power plant of the Krasnoe Znamya factory, carried out by the architectural bureau Liteinaya Chast-91, was considered. This issue was brought up for discussion by the council with the aim of collectively developing the right direction at the earliest stage of designing and adapting a unique monument of avant-garde architecture. The Council recommended approving the restoration concept and continuing work on the functional part of the concept (taking into account the clarification of the subject of protection).

The council was preceded by a discussion of problems related to the fate of the entire Krasnoe Znamya factory complex at a round table held on March 17 by the St. Petersburg State Public Institution VOOPIiK with the assistance of the KGIOP with the participation of a wide range of specialists.

In addition, at a meeting of the council’s working group, held on March 15, the issue of including the identified cultural heritage site - the production buildings of the Krasnoe Znamya factory - into the unified state register of cultural heritage sites of regional significance was considered.

Let us note that Mr. Burdinsky, being for many years the owner of the buildings of the former Krasnoe Znamya factory, not only did not take real action to preserve the thermal power plant building, but also sought to exclude the remaining buildings of the complex from the list of identified objects. This did not happen thanks to the position of the KGIOP, the efforts of the public and, in particular, the leading specialist in the field of industrial architecture M. S. Stiglits.

It is surprising that Mr. Burdinsky, who has done a lot of damage to the condition of the monument, today acts as its ardent defender.

Alexander Margolis, Chairman of the St. Petersburg city branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments
Mikhail Milchik, Chairman of the Association of Experts for State Historical and Cultural Expertise, Deputy Chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg

Until the end of August will determine the date of the open auction for the sale of the plot that entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky bought from Krasnoye Znamya in 2006. In connection with the recognition of his individual entrepreneur as bankrupt in February 2012, all the property belonging to him, including the complex at the address: St. Petersburg, Pionerskaya st., 53, will be sold. The arbitration court has appointed bankruptcy trustee Andrei Blinkov, who is now organizing the auction. It has not yet been decided in what form the auction will take place.

IP Igor Burdinsky could not to pay off its debts to creditors, and in February, at the request of Industrial Technologies LLC, the individual entrepreneur was declared bankrupt. As the press service of Transcapitalbank (creditor bank) said, the amount of the individual entrepreneur’s debt, confirmed by the court, is more than 2.5 billion rubles: this is a debt to (150 million rubles) and the individual entrepreneur’s business partners. Transcapitalbank has several buildings as collateral for the loan, but the bank does not specify whether their sale will be able to cover the debt. The Sberbank press service was unable to clarify the amount of the entrepreneur’s debt. Industrial Technologies LLC could not be contacted.

But apparently the sale real estate will not cover all the bankrupt's debts - today analysts estimate the plant's property at $50 million. The mobile phone of Igor Burdinsky, who used to readily communicate with the press, does not answer. According to SPARK-Interfax, he is the founder of two more companies - the Homeowners Association "House of Architect Starov" and LLC "Premier Stroy Service".

"At the end of August A meeting of bankruptcy creditors is scheduled, where a report on the measures taken and the current state of affairs must be presented. In connection with the current situation, measures were taken to financially improve the company, and today some bankruptcy creditors are considering the possibility of concluding a settlement agreement with IP Burdinsky, its press service comments on the situation. The creditor banks refused to comment on the issue of a “settlement agreement” with the entrepreneur.

In 2006, St. Petersburg entrepreneur Igor Burdinsky bought 4 hectares on the Petrogradskaya side, between Pionerskaya Street, from the top management and shareholders of OJSC "Red Banner". and Bolshaya Raznochinnaya street. On this territory there are three industrial buildings with a total area of ​​more than 40 thousand m2 and a power substation, built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the design of the German architect Erich Mendelsohn. Igor Burdinsky hoped to develop the territory as a cultural and recreational space. It was planned to house a museum of modern art in the power substation building.

Igor Burdinsky earlier“DP” stated that he was proud that he was able to gather the entire territory in his hands. “By purchasing the Red Banner property, I essentially suspended the sale of this monument piece by piece,” said the businessman. “I had to spend tens of millions of dollars on this.”

Then he said that his partner was a bank, and the volume of investment in the project was estimated at $500 million. However, he never found investors, and the businessman’s partner “sank to the bottom” during the crisis.

"On the site you can build a multifunctional complex with an area of ​​80-90 thousand m2 of housing and offices in a loft format. And the monuments can be adapted into an art space,” says the director of investments and consulting. “The site is well located - on the Petrogradskaya side, within walking distance from the metro. In this area, office rental rates are high - no less than $40 per 1 m2 per month, and housing can be sold for $4 thousand per 1 m2," adds Olga Zemtsova, head of the consulting department.

State of the majority The factory buildings are bad. “The last time I inspected the buildings was in the spring. There are five monuments of regional significance on the territory, including a mothballed power substation, a knitting shop and three adjacent workshops. The situation is difficult, but not an emergency,” says expert Margarita Stieglitz. “The utilities don’t work there - they will have to be reanimated. And in general, there is no talk of dismantling or partial demolition of buildings. It will only be possible to carry out reconstruction. And its cost, based on our experience in working on the Proper House project, will be no less than $120 million ( from 60 thousand rubles per 1 m2),” adds the commercial director.

It is not surprising that those surveyed developers have different assessments of the prospects for the Red Banner auction. “We, of course, will study this lot - its price and possibilities for further use. But there are already many ready-made business centers for sale on the market, where there are no such large encumbrances,” says Andrey Rostovtsev, financial director (the company has two operating business centers). center next door: on Maly Prospekt and Kropotkin St.). “We consider this site promising and are considering it for acquisition. Our Classic and Premier Palace projects are nearby, where apartment sales are going very well,” says the head of the company. According to him, the cultural burdens of the project are not a problem. “There are more and more economically successful art zones in big cities. We don’t have such projects in our portfolio yet,” he says.

Meanwhile, the Smolny "DP" reported that the territory of the "Red Banner" could be considered as part of a working group to form a list of potential sites for creating the first creative quarter in St. Petersburg.

There is no single recipe for success for projects of redevelopment of industrial zones into objects with a cultural zest. But their implementation must be transparent and reasonable from the economic and cultural side. Transparency can be ensured by an open competition for a territory development scenario. By the way, the city administration can contribute to this. Residents must know what will happen in a depressed area, otherwise they will habitually avoid it. And the sanity of the project, including the economic one, can be ensured by a deep analysis and a business plan, in the preparation of which not only marketers, but also cultural experts should take part. If a city is interested in transforming industrial areas, the authorities must be loyal to developers who undertake such projects, since their economic effect is not obvious. Forms of assistance can be discussed.

Creative director of the loft "Etazhi"

Successful examples so far The transformation of former industrial areas into projects with a cultural component in Russia can be counted on one hand. One can recall the Danilovskaya Manufactory in Moscow, which was turned into a modern business center, the art spaces “Winzavod” and “Garage”, as well as the “Etazhi” loft and the “New Holland” island in St. Petersburg, which became fashionable cultural and recreational centers. “We are at the beginning of our journey: we have not even begun to develop the entire territory of the island. The Summer in New Holland programs are temporary. This is a large marketing research that will help study the audience,” Roxana Shatunovskaya, creative director of Iris New Holland, modestly notes.

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After the exhibition “Space of Silence”, which took place at the factory in the summer, people started talking about “Red Banner”: they called it a response to “Winzavod”, for example.

In general, we would rather be a worthy answer to the Guggenheim Museum or the Pompidou Center: the Mendelssohn complex is capable of achieving world class standards. But the most important thing is that people learned about us. All summer, hundreds of visitors flocked here: both art lovers and gallery owners, who suddenly began to consider us competitors.

Now there are constant tours of the factory: students studying Mendelssohn, curators from the Guggenheim Museum and the New York Museum of Modern Art come.

The Red Banner complex has always attracted the attention of those who are partial to the history of architecture and culture in general. Some people became interested in the project because of our collaboration with the architect David Chipperfield. He once worked with the notorious Norman Foster, but their paths diverged. You see, David is not a commercial architect, which is why he treats the built environment with such care. I think he will have fonder memories than Foster. Others were interested in the idea of ​​turning this iconic location into a cultural center. So, specialists from the Guggenheim Foundation were here with a proposal to develop a development concept. I am pleased that even the Hermitage paid attention to us. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky wrote a short letter that he would support any idea of ​​​​creating a center for contemporary art, I value this letter and keep it.

Piotrovsky is known for his cautious attitude towards all projects related to contemporary art.

Here, I think, everything is very simple. The factory is now in a rather dark and vulnerable state and requires a creative, respectful and serious approach. The concrete from which the building is built is not the most durable material; it gradually deteriorates. Besides, there is nothing that suggests itself here except for the center of contemporary art. It is possible, of course, following the ideas of some developers, to build a residential area, but it is unlikely that this idea would be supported by such a respected person as Mikhail Borisovich, and in general by the entire world community. The idea of ​​the center is dictated by the location: people will come here to see not only contemporary art, but also, not least, the famous “ship” of Mendelssohn, competently restored and adapted for new purposes.

How did it all start?

The territory has been owned for three years, the first year was spent completing all the paperwork, then another year was spent defending the factory in the courts. And on some fronts the confrontation still continues. Therefore, unfortunately, financial and other resources are flowing away; not everything has gone towards creation. But I don't regret anything. My attitude is philosophical: everything passes, and this will pass. One of the journalists wrote: “Burdinsky consciously took possession of this building.” You know, it wasn’t so easy to buy this building, then keep it, and now develop this whole story. We started by removing a huge amount of rubbish from here and patching the roof. Although the scope of work seems large-scale, this is precisely where the interest lies.

The government cannot issue some kind of carte blanche, given the overall noble intention?

I believe that the government is doing the right thing by taking a neutral position - we will deal with economic disputes in the courts ourselves.

It’s amazing: no matter what the developer, he has an inexplicable craving for art and his own museum.

This seems logical to me. People have dedicated most of their lives to making money; over time, it becomes a routine. The brain begins to need something pleasant. Why not contemporary art? In addition, young wives appear and at the same time new hobbies. And contemporary art itself is also big business. When perestroika began in 1986, I got involved in real estate - then only the lazy did not engage in real estate, and I was not lazy. Now I have two adult children, and my granddaughter Amelina was recently born. Although I have a wonderful family, I am a wanderer in life, a nomad, probably thanks to the genes of my father, a Uyghur. This is such an ancient people, known since the times of the Turkic Kaganate.

Are you planning to start collecting yourself?

I spend all my resources on the development of the territory. Maybe in the future, not because I have nothing to do, but for the sake of art, I will think about it, but now the factory is quite enough for me. Together with Russian specialists, we are preparing a concept for the development of the Center for Contemporary Art, so that the dialogue with the city can finally begin. We were told: first declare your intentions.

How long does the project need to start?

To begin with, I only need one thing – like-minded partners, it’s so simple and difficult at the same time. With partner investments, it would take a maximum of five years. Such a project cannot be carried out alone, otherwise you need to have access to an oil or gas pipe and constantly pump out a little from there. Moreover, we are not talking about gigantic investments: the estimates are not the most terrible. To create one hundred thousand meters of improvements, one hundred and fifty million dollars is enough, this is not so much.

Not the most Russian story - investing in long-term projects.

It depends on who lives why. Someone who exists for money is not interested.

What do you live for?

Now it turns out, in order to create a CSR. And then go away and do what you love – travel. Maybe someone thinks that I like to work, but lately I realized that I also like to relax. When the project appeared, I realized that relaxation means communicating with interesting people: Mikhail Shemyakin, Cy Twombly and talented young artists. It was as if I had moved into a different orbit.

The fate of the property complex on the Petrograd side, which includes the famous architectural monument "Mendelssohn's ship", is still being decided in court. The Privy Councilor spoke in detail about this story. And now the time has come to return again to the circumstances and persons involved in this case. The scattered lines of the plot are gradually forming into a picturesque picture, where the past and the present are intertwined in an incredible way.

Traces in time

The past of this company deserves special attention. It was founded in 1990 with the goal of “solving the problem of determining supertoxic substances of artificial origin in environmental objects.” The first stage of its formation occurred with the collapse of the St. Petersburg chemical giant - the Krasny Khimik plant. But from the beginning of the 90s, for obvious reasons, a large-scale collapse of the industry began, and “Red Chemist” fell into the sphere of interests of criminal groups. Until about the mid-90s, the chemical companies that emerged on the territory of the plant were under the control of the “Malyshevites” and “Tambovites.” It is not surprising that throughout the 90s, until 2003, several contract killings of directors and managers of chemical enterprises took place here.

But Ekros survived (how, one can only guess). In the spring of 2002, it was officially announced that the bankruptcy proceedings at Krasny Khimik ended with the acquisition of its production facilities by Ekros.

"Bars" holds the defense

Information from Ruspres Information Agency: The company mentioned above is Veles LLC. In addition, Valery Yuryevich Eremeev established several commercial structures together with a number of other persons. In particular, his partner in Petor LLC was Begun Artem Aleksandrovich, whom the newspaper "Vokrug Novostey" called personal lawyer of Vladimir Baruskov (Kumarin).

Of course, there is nothing criminal about that. But business connections always oblige you to something... However, legal consultation No. 24, whose employees are involved in lawsuits against Igor Burdinsky, is interesting not only for this.

For the last seven years, the Bars motor transport enterprise has withstood the onslaught, in which the management sees a direct raider trail. “A well-organized group is actually acting against our company,” Alexey Pronichev, general director of BARS Transport Company LLC, wrote in his latest statement to the Prosecutor General of Russia. In short, the essence of the conflict is this. The Bars company appeared as a result of the reorganization of ATP-34, which experienced a financial collapse in the 90s. ATP-34 had significant debts that had to be repaid somehow. Andrey Marinichev was appointed bankruptcy trustee by decision of the arbitration court. His interests in arbitration courts are represented by lawyer Nikolai Davydov. All these manipulations were carried out for the sake of one thing, according to the management of Barça - the seizure of real estate for their subsequent commercial sale.

All the same faces

Over the years, the Bars company has sent more than 200 applications and complaints to various law enforcement agencies in St. Petersburg. In their opinion, this is more than enough for a serious prosecutorial response.

Legal time pressure! - Alexey Pronichev, director of Barca, gives his definition of the current situation. “We have accumulated volumes of information, but for some reason no one is showing interest in them.

Igor Burdinsky can still say the same thing. He has already won two cases against Mikhailichenko. But forged signatures on documents used by opponents in court have also not yet become the subject of a criminal investigation...