The building of the Lukoil oil company is a skyscraper on the corner of Sretensky Boulevard and Akademik Sakharov Avenue and one of the most controversial buildings in Moscow in terms of architectural design. Initially, the administrative building under construction…

The Tsentrosoyuz Building (also known as the Building of the People’s Commissariat for Light Industry, the Building of the CSU) is an office building on Myasnitskaya Street in Moscow. It was built in 1928-1936 in the international style according to the project…

The administrative and residential building on Lermontovskaya Square (Red Gate Building) is one of the seven completed Stalinist skyscrapers. It was built in Moscow in 1947-1953 according to the project of architects Alexei Dushkin and Boris Mezentsev and…

The A. S. Pushkin Library (since 2014 – the A. S. Pushkin Library-Reading Room) is a city library of Moscow. It is located in the former estate of the Mukhins, built at the beginning of the 19th century. The Library was founded by the decision of the Moscow…

The Zholtovsky House on Mokhovaya street is a building in the center of Moscow. The house was built in 1934 according to the project of the architect Ivan Zholtovsky for the employees of the Moscow City Council. The construction of the building caused conflicting…

The Episcopal (Faceted) Chamber is an architectural monument in the Moscow Kremlin ensemble, one of the oldest civil buildings in Moscow. It was built in 1487-1491 by the decree of Ivan III and Italian architects Mark Fryazin and Pietro Antonio Solari designed…

The House of the Provincial Government is building government offices in the northeast of Red Square in Moscow. From Catherine’s time to the administrative reforms of Alexander II, the Moscow province’s six-voice Duma, and provincial institutions were located…

The Spasskaya Tower (Frolovskaya, Florovskaya, Frololavrskaya, Jerusalem Gates) is a travel tower of the Moscow Kremlin overlooking Red Square in Moscow. It was built in 1491 by the architect Pietro Solari. In 1624-1625, the English architect Christopher…

The Senate Tower is one of the oldest towers in the Moscow Kremlin. It is located on the eastern wall between the Spasskaya and Nikolskaya towers and overlooks Red Square, Moscow. It was built in 1491 by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari by the…

The Mausoleum of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (in 1953-1961 – the Mausoleum of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin) is a monument-tomb on Red Square near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, where since 1924, the body of Vladimir Lenin has been preserved…

Nikolskaya Tower is a travel tower of the Moscow Kremlin overlooking Red Square (Moscow). It was built in 1491-1492 by architect Pietro Antonio Solari. Until the end of the 15th century, that is, before the creation of Red Square, Nikolskaya Street began…

The House of Writers in Lavrushinsky Lane is a residential building, an architectural monument, located in the city of Moscow, an object of the cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance. In the 1930s, the site in Lavrushinsky Lane was transferred…

The city estate of E. I. Vandyshnikova – E. M. Banza is an architectural ensemble in Moscow on Vorontsovo Pole Street. The name is given in honor of the principal owners. In the 18th century, it belonged to Elizaveta Ivanovna from the family of merchants…

The Association “Russian Historical Society” is a Russian scientific public organization founded on June 20, 2012, declaring its secession from the Imperial Russian Historical Society that existed in the Russian Empire from 1866-1917. According to the charter…

The Kremlin in Izmailovo is a cultural and entertainment complex built in 1998-2007 near the historical royal estate of Izmailovo in Moscow. It is a wooden building, stylized as Russian architecture of the XVI-XVII centuries (neo-historicism). In 1998, public…

The Third Building of the Ministry of Defense is an administrative building in Moscow located on Frunzenskaya Embankment of Moscow river. Now it is the main building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The complex of the Ministry of Defense…

The Pashkov House is one of the most famous classical buildings in Moscow, now owned by the Russian State Library. It is designed (presumably) by Vasily Bazhenov. The Pashkov House was built in 1784-1786 by order of the captain-lieutenant of the Life Guards…

TASS is a Russian state federal news agency, a former Soviet news agency. Organizational and legal form – FSUE. Previously, the abbreviation came from “Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union,” and the current abbreviation comes from “Telegraph Agency for Communications.”…

The building of the Moscow City Hall (House of Golitsin, Chernyshev’s estate) is located in Moscow at Tverskaya Street, 13. It was built in 1782 according to the project of architect Matvey Kazakov and, until 1917, served as the residence of the Moscow governor…

Old Gostiny Dvor is the oldest Gostiny Dvor in Moscow. It occupies the Kitay-gorod quarter between Varvarka and Ilyinka streets and Khrustalny and Rybny lanes. In the 1990s, it was rebuilt as a trade and exhibition complex. The stone Gostiny Dvor was built…