House on the Embankment

  • House on Embankment
  • Дом на набережной
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General information
TypeResidential
Architectural styleConstructivism
Address2, Serafimovicha Street
Town or cityMoscow
CountryRussia
Construction started1928
Completed1931
ClientSoviet government
Height~50 m
Technical details
Floor count12
Design and construction
Architect(s)Boris Iofan

The House on the Embankment (Russian: Дом на набережной) is a block-wide apartment building on the banks of the Moskva River on Balchug in downtown Moscow, Russia.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ ROMENDIK, DMITRIY (April 16, 2014). "Apparatchik Apartments: Behind the facades of the House on the Embankment". rbth.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. ^ Sudjic, Deyan (2017-03-15). "How Stalin rebuilt Moscow in his own image". CNN Style. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. ^ Yaffa, Joshua (2017-10-09). "Russia's House of Shadows". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-07-26.