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House on the Embankment.
Block-wide Soviet apartment building on the banks of the Moskva opposite the Kremlin
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About House on the Embankment
The House on the Embankment is a block-wide apartment building on the banks of the Moskva River on Balchug in downtown Moscow, Russia. It faces Bersenevskaya Embankment on one side and Serafimovicha Street on the other side. Until 1952, it was the tallest residential building in Moscow. It is considered an example of constructivist architecture. It was best known as the place of residence of the Soviet elite, many of whom were arrested and executed during Stalin's Great Purge.
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- Russia, Soviet Union
- Inception
- 1931