Daughter of the speaker of the regional parliament, tax officials, customs officers, deputies and entrepreneurs. The elite residential complex “Karlshof” is literally stuffed with those who influence the life of 39 regions. “Chronicles” together with the Kaliningrad edition RUGRAD tell about the famous and secret VIP-residents of this expensive real estate.
“Karlshof” is located in a quiet part of the Central District of Kaliningrad, in the immediate vicinity of the zoo and the Central Park, a five-minute drive or a ten-minute walk from the government building on Dmitry Donskoy.
LCD “Karlshof”That’s how to build describe on the developer’s website:
The residential complex was built by one of the largest developers in the region, a company from the Kaliningradstroyinvest holding. It is owned by a member of the regional parliament, United Russia Valery Makarov. The Chronicles have already written about him. It was Makarov’s company that the sister of the speaker of the regional parliament Andrei Kropotkin handed over the site for development on Internatsionalnaya Street. In Karlshof, Makarov and his sons have as many as 13 apartments. Two apartments in this house developer exchanged the government of the region for housing on the outskirts of the city. Why this was done and who now lives in these service apartments is not known for certain. Apparently, the journalists frightened entrepreneurs and officials.
LCD “Karlshof”As the Chronicles found out, someone once ordered food into one of these apartments. Viktor Huseynov. In the Kaliningrad media repeatedly mentioned longtime friend of the Governor Anton Alikhanov, ex-photojournalist of Komsomolskaya Pravda Viktor Huseynov. His wife Valeria even headed the Krespektiva Creative Industries Fund, which was created by Alikhanov’s government and generously sponsored from the regional budget. Both Huseynov and the fund headed by his wife trying create a fashionable image for the Kaliningrad region and its head. The area of this apartment is 102 sq. m. You can evaluate housing at 14 million rubles.
Now Huseynov works as his wife’s deputy in the Krespektiva Foundation. Together they read lectures on economics in Russian cities. Kaliningrad governor Anton Alikhanov in January 2022, answering a question from a correspondent of the RUGRAD portal about whether the Huseynov family lives in a government apartment in a prestigious residential complex, replied that they should be asked this themselves.
In addition, the “Chronicles” found out that the same scheme was repeated with a neighboring apartment. From the developer, she passed to the city and a few months later – to the region. Ordered food from this address very often. Anna Peykarova, an anesthesiologist. She moved from Moscow to Kaliningrad around the same time that Governor Alikhanov came here. The area of the apartment is 101.8 sq. m. Real estate can cost 13.8 million rubles.
Typical floor in residential complex “Karlshof”Be that as it may, living with such neighbors is a pleasure. For example, when taking out the trash, you can say hello to the daughter of the speaker of the regional parliament Andrey Kropotkin Alina. Not sure how best to start building a cottage? Ask your neighbor Vyacheslav Genne, adviser to the governor of the Kaliningrad region on architecture, for advice. Have questions about customs? Come in for tea with the wife and daughter of the deputy head of the Kaliningrad regional customs, Yevgeny Valentinovich. Tax issues can be discussed on the landing with the head of the Federal Tax Service for the Kaliningrad region Sergei Orobey. Forgot something on the bus? It doesn’t matter, ask the owner of the Kaliningrad minibuses Valery Skiba. Have you fallen ill? Call your neighbor the head physician of the Kaliningrad OKB Konstantin Loktionov. Well, numerous neighbors-entrepreneurs will answer your questions about business.
What can I say, the house is beautiful. Some of our heroes have several apartments here. We are happy for them, given that in 2020, on average, there were 31.5 sq. m of residential premises. Moreover, according to data accredited by the Bank of Russia agency “National Credit Ratings”, about 60% of the salaries of residents of the Kaliningrad region go to mortgages. In terms of living standards, out of 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the region takes 35th place.
The average price per square meter in the primary housing market in the Kaliningrad region for 2020 is59 thousand rubles. The average price per square meter in Karlshof is about 135 thousand rubles. (approximately as in Petersburg), according to which we will evaluate the cost of apartments.
