The building is very beautiful, the decoration of the city!
There is a grocery store on the ground floor. I think that architectural monuments are not the best place for such shops. A library or museum of the history of Gomel would be better, because such antique, unique buildings should be protected.
One of the ancient buildings of our city, literally through the department store on Soverskaya street, there is another very beautiful old building - that's how people of the past were able not to save on good, good things.