House on the Embankment.

"House on the Embankment" ("House of Government»)

During the transfer, in 1918 the Soviet capital in Moscow was transferred to a large number of civil servants. At first they settled in the so-called houses of the Soviets (the hotel "National", "Metropol", other buildings), but the living area was never enough. Due to the fact that in the center of Moscow formed a shortage of hotel rooms, June 24, 1927 it was decided to start building a house for senior officials, which lasted until 1931. Residents of the home of steel, mainly representatives of the nascent Soviet elite and prominent writers and scholars. House on the waterfront was designed by BM Iofana the place where before there were wine and salt warehouses, which is reflected in the architecture of its courtyards. The progress of the construction of the following personal AI Rykov. According to the original project house must have been red as the Kremlin, however, due to lack of money, the external walls of the house turned gray. 12-storey house on the waterfront with 505 apartments has become one of the largest buildings in Europe.

ps: Photography All my authorship, about this house. The protection of their work there some fools.





Cathedral Square, Taynitskaya Tower and Spasskaya Tower.



High-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya embankment, bridge and Big Krasnokholmsky Tagansky district.



Water Tower, Tower Borovitskaya, Armoury and, • other Trinity Tower.



Penthouses and angry tenants, through them, is the way to sign Mersey.



Himself Mercedes mark set here since time immemorial.



Looking back toward the meadow. On the horizon are seen Red Hills and Paveletskaya Plaza.



Moscow State Variety Theater and one of the courtyards DNN.



Christ the Savior Cathedral smiling at you.



Great Stone Bridge and passing by motorcade Hillary Clinton on the left side of the road.



Penthouse overlooking the HHS. He is still with For sale (http://www.mirkvartir.ru/4323343/)



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