Lost building or monument · 1941
The Russian Shops of Tartu
On the bank of the Emajõgi, where the old moat had been, Tartu built a merchants' court in 1816 to 1819. Governor-General Filippo Paulucci ordered it on the model of Russian trading courts, and Georg Friedrich Geist designed it. It was the finest classicist merchants' court in Estonia, with rows of columns. People called it the Russian Shops, because most goods came from Russia, such as tobacco, leather, salt and herring, and most early traders were Russian. In 1850 it held 40 shops. Mart Jänes ran a clothes store here said to be the largest in the Baltics. The buildings were destroyed in July 1941. Today the outline of the building and its columns is marked on the ground.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Emajõe kaldale endise vallikraavi kohale ehitati aastatel 1816 kuni 1819 Tartu Kaubahoov. Selle lasi Vene kaubahoovide eeskujul rajada kindralkuberner Filippo Paulucci ja projekteeris Georg Friedrich Geist. See oli Eesti silmapaistvaim klassitsistlik kaubahoov, sammasgaleriidega. Rahvas kutsus seda Venepoodideks, sest kaubad, nagu tubakas, nahk, sool ja heeringas, tulid peamiselt Venemaalt ja enamik esimesi kaupmehi olid venelased. 1850. aastal oli seal 40 kauplust. Mart Jänese riidepoodi peeti kogu Baltikumi suurimaks. Hooned hävisid 1941. aasta juulis. Täna on hoone ja sammaste asukoht maapinnal märgitud.