House on Embankment

House on Embankment

Infobox Modern building


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name=House on Embankment
Дом на Набережной
location_town=Moscow
location_country=Russia
architect=Boris Iofan
client=Government of USSR
construction_start_date=1928
completion_date=1931
date_demolished=
cost=
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The House on Embankment ( _ru. Дом на набережной) is a block-wide apartment house in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was completed in 1931 as the "Government Building", a residence of Soviet elite. It was designed by Boris Iofan.

Prior to construction, the site, located in Bersenevka neighborhood of the island across Moscow Kremlin, was occupied by the Wine and Salt Court, an old distillery and excise warehouse. The building currently has 505 apartments (some used as offices), a theater, a movie theater, restaurants and retail stores.

Notable past residents included:
*Hovhannes (Ivan) Bagramyan
*Georgi Dimitrov
*Boris Iofan
*Nikolai Kamanin
*Alexey Kosygin
*Artem Mikoyan
*Mikhail Tukhachevsky
*Mikhail VodopianovNikita Khruschov

References

External links


*Site of the "House" [http://www.domna.ru www.domna.ru]
*History in English [http://www.domna.ru/libra/press/18.htm www.domna.ru] (contains anecdotal evidence)
*Floorplans on [http://www.domna.ru/build/scheme/index.htm www.domna.ru] (click outline to expand)

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