House on Embankment
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| House on Embankment Дом на Набережной |
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| 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 (Russian: 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 Vodopianov
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Site of the House www.domna.ru
- History in English www.domna.ru (contains anecdotal evidence)
- Floorplans on www.domna.ru (click outline to expand)
