- Myasnitskaya Street 6/3, Bld 1
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55.75998, 37.630477 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Biblio-Globus Book Store. "Book" chest of drawers in one of the windows
- Name of the bottom book
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TREASURE ISLAND
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Историческая справка
The house in which Biblio-Globus Book Store is situated now was built in 1896 for the merchant Nikolai Stakheev (the hero of our story of Checkpoint 703). Already then there were two book stores in this building.
But we would like to draw your attention to the neighbouring house (Myasnitskaya 8/2, Bld 1) where the restoration of the old signages of Matvey Kuznetsov Partnership is taking place now. The house itself was built in 1903 by the famous architect Fyodor Schechtel for Kuznetsov's porcelain store.
The restoration is carried by the social movement "Vspomnit Vse" ("Remember All"). The movement has existed since 2012. Among its participants are professional restorers, architectural historians, local historians and residents who are simply love our city. The movement members search and restore old city artifacts - shop signs, pre-revolutionary grates and manholes. The project is not funded by the government or building owners but through crowdfunding platforms.
As the head of the movement, Natalia Tarnavskaya, once said "I think that by such initiatives we help to instill a sense of responsibility in the city residents and an understanding that something can be achieved only by our own efforts."
Kuznetsov's signs were discovered several years ago, but it took more than two years to persuade the owners of the porcelain store in Myasnitskaya to allow the restoration. During the period of restrictions due to the coronavirus, the store went bankrupt, and the owner of the upper floors - Igor Krutoy Academy of Music - finally allowed the start of professional renovation.
It turned out that Kuznetsov's signages are huge letters embossed in granite and covered with real gold leaf. No pre-revolutionary trading house allowed itself such a luxury.
You can learn more about the project and support it at http://remember.moscow/
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