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Историческая справка
The apartment building on the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment is the third highest Stalinist skyscraper (176 m) after Moscow State University and the Hotel Ukraina.
Its construction began in 1938 when a nine-story right wing of the future house started to raise as a separate building by the architects Dmitry Chechulin and Andrey Rostkowsky. However, in the years 1948-1952 it was included in the new ensemble with a partial change of the front façade.
According to the organization "Memorial", GULAG prisoners took part in the construction in 1948-1954. Until 1953, the prison camp was located directly at the construction site. In the GULAG History Museum, there is a door casing on the inside of which the following inscription is preserved: "Astakhov Ivan Emelyanovich, year of birth 1896, sentenced for 10 years, carried finishing work at a high-rise building. That is the way we lived in the country."
There is also a legend that one of the prisoners decided to escape. He made plywood wings and jumped off the roof of the unfinished building, thinking "either death or freedom". He successfully landed but was caught and added more years to his sentence.
The building on the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment was the first Stalinist skyscraper to be put into operation. The lists of tenants were approved by Stalin himself. One wing of the house was intended for the military and KGB officers, while the other was given over to the famous scientists, artists, writers. The main architect of the building, Dmitry Chechulin, also received an apartment here, but on the ground floor which was not very prestigious. However, he lived in this house till his death in 1981.
The building was conceived as a city within a city featuring post office, grocery store, dry cleaner, a bakery and even a movie theatre. By the way, this movie theatre was the only cinema where films were shown without prior censorship. There were also film shows in English language which were watched by British and American residents.
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