Moscow Architectural Monuments

Architectural Monuments of Moscow

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Kutafya and Troitskaya Towers

Saviors Tower of the Kremlin

Cathedral Square Individual Churches are in the Moscow Churches Essay

Palace of Congresses 1959-1961

Senate Building 1776-1778 Architect: M.F. Kazakov

Kremlin Armory 1844-1851

Tsars Cannon Commissioned by Tsar Feodor 1586 Cast by Andrey Chokhov Calibre 890mm

Grand Kremlin Palace

Red Square a misnomer the term Krasniy Ploshad used today means Red Square but in the past Krasniy meant Beautiful

Saint Basils in Red Square 1555-1560

State Historical Museum in Red Square 1874-1883 Architects: V.O. Sherwood A.A. Semenov.

G.U.M. State Universal Magazine Red Square 1884

Architects: A.N. Pomerantsev V.G. Shukhov.

Interior of G.U.M.

Lenin Mausoleum Red Square 1929-1930 Architect: A.V. Shchusev

Manege 1817-125 Architects: A.A. Bettencourt, P.I. Carbonnier, O.I. Bove

Unfortunately in 2004 on the Eve that V.V. Putin was reelected the Original burned It is Suspected Arson during excavation and rebuilding many historical artifacts were unearthed. The Great loss of this Monument is that the trusses spanning the 45 meter width of the structure were of wood without supporting columns. The Manege was built for reviewing the troops by the Emperor and as a Horse riding arena

Photo of Manege after the fire

Pashkov House 1784-1788 V.I. Bazhenov The City estate of the Pashkov family contained stables a manege a church and household. Later it was used as the Rumyantsev museum in 1925 it was given over to the Lenin Library which is still housed there today the original interiors were lost in the 19^th century

Lenin Library 1928-1941 built on the foundation of the old Pashkov home library

Old Moscow University 1782-1793 Architect M.F. Kazakov

Bolshoi Theatre 1821-1825 Architect O.I. Bove

Metropol Hotel 1899-1905 Architects Valcott, Kekushev, Erikhson.

Rossia 6000 room Hotel Concert Hall Cinema recently torn down to be replaced. 1964-1971 Architects: D.N. Chechulin, I. Chekmotayev, P. Shteller

Romonov City Manor 16^TH Century

Old English House First Embassy 16^th Century

City Manor of A.A. Morozov [Friendship house] 1890s Architect : V.A. Mazyrin

Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1898-1901 Architect V.M. Zagorsky

Tass Building News Agency of the Soviet Union 1977 Architects: V.S. Egerev V.A. Shaykhet

Moscow City Council Building 1796/1946 Moved back 13 meters and two stories added during restructure of Gorky/Tverskaya Street

Eliseyev Food Store1790-1898 Architects: M.F. Kazakov, G.V.Baranovsky

Central Telegraph Office 1925-1927 Architect I.I. Rerberg

Petrovsky Passage Shopping Mall 1906 Architect S.M. Kalugin

Trade Universal Magazine 1908 Architect R.I. Klein

Architecture Institute 19^th Century Architect S.U. Solovyev formerly Estate of Count Vorontsev

Dinamo Society Building 1928-1929 Architect I.A. Fomin

KGB Headquarters 1934 formerly two buildings one an Insurance Agency joined together with a new façade

Council of Guardians of the Foundling Home 1823-1826 Architects: D.I. Gilardi, A.G. Grigoryev

Foundling Home 1767-1781 Architects: Yu. M. Felten, K.I. Blank

Pertsov’s House 1905-1907 Architects: S.V. Malyutin, N. Zhukov

Military Warehouse 1829-1831 Architects: V.P. Stasov, F.M. Shestakov

Melnikov’s House 1927-1929 Architect K.S. Melnikov The only private home sanctioned during Soviet Times

New Arbat Avenue 1962-1967

Ryabushinsky House (Gorky Flat Museum) 1900-1902 Architect: F.O. Shekhtel

Shekhtel’s House 1896 F.O. Shekhtel Now the Uraguayan Embassy

Central Revolution Museum 1780/1811 Architect: A.M. Kherasov/A.A. Menelas

Ssudnaya Kassa Credit Bank 1914-1916 V.A. Pokrovsky Moscow and Naryshkin Baroque

Luk Oil 1978-1980Architect F.A. Novikov Originally meant to house a Ministry as the design changed so did its function.

Krasnaya Vorota Metro Station1935 Architect N.A Ladovsky

Yusupov’s Chambers 1870-1890 Architect A.N. Pomeranstev, N.V. Sulanov 1801-1803 the western portion was rented by S.L.Pushkin

Gates to Yusupov’s Chambers

Apartment Block 1948-1952 one of seven high rise buildings called the seven sisters in the style called Satin Gothic Architects: D.N. Chechulin, A.K. Rostovsky

Moscow Taganka Theatre 1973-1983 Architects: A.V. Anisimov, Yu.p. Gnedovsky, B.I. Tarntsev

House on the Embankment 1928-1931 Architects: B.M. and D Iofan an apartment block housing many high level Communist Officials and Military Officers Purged in 1937. A Babushka (Old Woman) was heard to say that no one would be happy there because the columns were faced with Granite cut from gravestones.

Igumanov House 1893 N.I. Pozdeyev after the Revolution it was converted to a mechanical plant then held medical inatitutions then a Pioneer’s Palace since the 1950s it has been the French Embassy.

Children’s Musical Theatre 1974-1979 Architects: A.A. Velikanov, V.D. Krasilnikov

State Circus Building 1971 Architects: Ya. B. Belopolsky, E. Vulykh, S. Feoktistov, V. Khavin

Moscow Lomonosov State University 1949-1953 Architects: L.V. Rudnev, S.Ye Chernyshev, P.V. Abrosimov, A. Kryakov, V. Nasonov.

Office Building 1970-1992 Architects: Yu Alekseyev, B. Borisov, I. Golubeva, V. Davidenko, A. Elistratov, P. Mudrov, G. Mileshina, Y.V. Omelchenko, A. Pilikhin, E. Rosanov, I Kharkova.

New Maiden Monastery 16^th Century

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1948-1954

Russian White House(House of Administration) 1981 Architect D.N. Chechulin

Triumphal Arch 1827-1837 Architect O.I. Bove

Central Theatre of Soviet Army 1934-1940 Architects: K.S. Alabyan,

V.N. Simbirtsev

Victor Vasnetsov’s House 1892-1894

Olympic Stadium 1977-1980 Architects: M.V. Posokhin, L. Aranasuas,

B.I. Tkhor

Cosmos Hotel 1976-1979 Architects: V. Andreyev, T. Zaikin, V. Steyskal,

O. Cagoub, P. Juglot (France)

All Russia Exhibit Center (VDNKh)1937-1980s

Narkomzem Building Ministry of Agriculture 1929-1933 A Prime example of Constructivist Architecture. Architects: A.V. Shchusev, I. Frantsuz, I. Yakovlev