Podsosensky Lane 21, Bld 3  

55.756002, 37.654624 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Round stickers in one of the first floor windows
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Историческая справка

Since 1839, the Morozov merchant family had owned this estate. The main house was located in the back of the yard at that time. The old mansion still stands there (house No 21, bld 3). Three more storeys were added to it in the Soviet era, but at the base it has vaulted chambers of the early 18th century.

The green mansion with the figures of atlantes was built in 1878-1879 on the project of the architect Mikhail Chichagov for the merchant Vikula Morozov. In 1895, the mansion was transferred to his son, Alexey, a prominent art collector, who ordered the architect Fyodor Schechtel to remodel the interiors of a number of rooms in the house. The famous artist Mikhail Vrubel made large decorated paintings depicting scenes from Goethe’s Faust for the owner's study. The original works are in the Tretyakov Gallery now. The young sculptor Sergey Konenkov worked on the interiors, he also made the figures of atlantes for the façade.

Alexey Morozov was so keen on collecting that he handed over his commercial affairs to his brother Ivan and devoted himself entirely to his favorite hobby. He owned a unique collection of Russian porcelain, as well as ancient coins, engravings and icons. After the revolution, the collections and the mansion were nationalized. Alexey Morozov got two rooms in his own house from the new authorities. He was kept as a head of the museum of porcelain which was located in this building until 1929. Then the collections were taken out and distributed into various museums. The principal part of the collection is now in the funds of the Museum of Ceramics in Kuskovo. Alexey Morozov worked in that museum till his death in 1934.

You can have a glimpse at the Morozov’s interiors at the following link:




Ссылка на видео: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOppfoxm9ns

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