House on the Embankment - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
House on the Embankment - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The House on the Embankment () is a block-wide apartment building on the banks of the Moskva River on Balchug in downtown Moscow, Russia. 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 is most known as the place of residence of the Soviet elite, many of whom were arrested and executed during Stalin's Great Purge. Read more on Wikipedia
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