Mansion on Petrovka Street 10
406 $ m2 per year
The mansion is located on the first line of houses on the intersection of two streets in the historical and cultural center of Moscow. It is surrounded by theaters, museums, and a well-developed urban infrastructure. Within walking distance are GUM, TSUM, Red Square, the Kremlin, and Gostiny Dvor. The building offers convenient access to The Boulevard Ring Road. The Garden Ring is a 6-minute drive away. The nearest metro station, Kuznetsky Most, is a 5-minute walk away, while Teatralnaya and Trubnaya Stations can be reached in 8 minutes.
The idea for the construction of the mansion, most famously known as Petrovsky Passage, belonged to Vera Ivanovna Firsanova, a wealthy Moscow businesswoman and patron. The project was entrusted to architects Sergey Kalugin and Boris Freydenberg. The passage opened on the 20th of February, 1906, housing over 50 trade pavilions. In 1918, all shops were liquidated, and the premises were used for a factory producing clothing for the Red Army. Trade partially returned to the building in 1928, occupying the 1st floor, while the rest of the premises were used by a research institute. After the war, communal apartments were arranged on the 3rd floor for those who had lost their homes during the bombing. In 1960, the mansion became entirely commercial when it became a branch of GUM. Today, Petrovsky Passage functions as an elite department store and is a federal cultural heritage site.