House on Embankment

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House on Embankment Дом на Набережной
Building Information
Name	House on Embankment Дом на Набережной
Location	Moscow
Country	Russia
Architect	Boris Iofan
Client	Government of USSR
Construction Start Date	1928
Completion Date	1931

The House on Embankment 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 Vodopianov

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