Building apartment house lumberman Gregory Kistova was designed by the chief architect of the Rostov N.G. Vassiliev in 1914, in the heyday of urban architecture, which has become one of the fancy mansions Don capital still pleasing eye Rostovtsev and guests. During the First World War, the building housed the depot Artillery Brigade, later - various city organizations. Since 1935, the building houses the administrative building of the Rostov State University (now the Southern Federal University - SFU). Currently, Rostov State University (RSU) is the largest scientific center of the Don and the entire North Caucasus. Today, the building of apartment houses G.Y. Kistova Art Nouveau is an architectural monument of the early twentieth century, an integral part of the historical development of the main street of the city of Rostov-on-Don. This cyclopean five-storey building with a basement has a complex configuration in plan, topped mnogoskatnoy attic roof.