Meshkov 's House

According to legend, at night in the former house of the Perm merchant Meshkov, children's crying, women's moans and sighs are heard. Legends say that the souls of babies and girls who were ruined by Meshkov are crying.

The house was built about a hundred years ago by Nikolai Vasilyevich Meshkov himself. Kolya spent his childhood in poverty: his father was a small shopkeeper. But when he began to trade himself, things went well. And the merchant built the mansion on a grand scale: high marble steps, a wrought-iron openwork canopy over the porch... I chose a place on the very shore of the Kama River, so that passing ships with passengers could appreciate the luxury and wealth of the people living here.

Sacks was a generous and loving man. There were rumors of women secretly visiting this house at night and returning back with large bills in their hands. Sometimes children were born as a result of "joys". Fearing to be disgraced, mothers brought babies to Meshkov's house at night and left them on the porch. The merchant placed most of the children in charity shelters. But some of them did not live to see the morning - they froze. Their souls cry at night in the mansion.