In the old days, the river pier was called a brawler, and not at all the fabulous Pushkin Island. The island received the definition of clouds from the name of the bridge builder who connected the two main islands in St. Petersburg - Petrogradsky and Vasilievsky. In 1761, the wooden warehouses did not survive the fire, and a new stone building was erected in their place according to the design of the famous architect Rinaldi.

Until the revolution, warehouses were used for their intended purpose, owned by the City Port Authority. There was a legend among the townspeople that this building was built as the palace of the favorite Empress Anna Ioanovna Ernst Biron, which was absolutely untrue.

Now Tuchkov is called the whole territory between Dobrolyubov Avenue, Tuchkov and Birzhev Bridges. It used to be the Institute of Applied Chemistry, which was demolished in 2012, and now this territory is empty. The building of the former hemp warehouses now houses the hospital of the Supreme Court, so it is believed that other buildings related to the court will appear on the site of the empty territory.