Everyone has a person in their life who dramatically influenced our formation and development. There are such people in the life of entire cities. The formation of the city of Alushta as a center of attraction for tourists from all over Ukraine and not only, is associated with the name of Nikolai Dmitrievich Stakheev. In the sights of Alushta rightfully added and his beautiful dacha. Millionaire, successful merchant — that’s what Stakheev was for all residents of the city. But, much more importantly, he was a patron of the arts or, as it is now customary to say, a sponsor. And to help his native city neither forces, nor money Nikolay Dmitrievich did not spare. Historians boldly put him on a par with such famous patrons of the arts as Mamontovs, Morozovs, Shchukins. The Stakheev dynasty mined gold in Western Siberia, engaged in oil fields, owned steamships, mills, factories, successfully engaged in book publishing.
The villa where N.D.Stakheev lived is now the Center for Children and Youth Creativity. But first of all, it is a monument of architecture of the 80s of the XIX century. You can find it at the following address: Perekopskaya Street, house — one. In accordance with the high status of the housing of the richest resident of Alushta, this is the most beautiful building in the city. And it was built by the same architect who gave the world the Livadia Palace, N.P.Krasnov.
The beautiful landscape around the dwelling of the eminent merchant used to be a park, inside which even now grows no less than 60 species of various trees and shrubs. And here the whole day could walk Alushta residents and guests of the city. The most «main» tree of Alushta, a sprawling chinara (more than 100 years old) also grows in this park.
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The section of the embankment that belonged to him boasted benches and electric lighting. Anyone could walk freely along «Stakheev’s» embankment.
Nikolai Dmitrievich Stakheev contributed to the construction of a wharf, a hospital, a theater and a school. He built a night shelter for 200 people for the town. The building of the ministerial school also appeared thanks to N.D. Stakheev. At his expense the church of Fedor Stratilat was decorated. All good deeds simply cannot be counted.
Merchant — millionaire N.D.Stakheev became a real good magician for the city of Alushta. Without him Alushta would not be Alushta in its present form. For the status of one of the best resorts of the Crimean Peninsula and the modern look of the city residents are grateful to this man, and the house of the millionaire merchant M.D. Stakheev is considered one of the main sights of Alushta.