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- Bolshaya Koniushennaya Street, 21 -23
- 1908-09. Architect E.Virrich, S.Krichinsky and
- others
- Now a |department store|Custom1|W:202|
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- The large territory that is now occupied by a
- department store, had in the 18th century
- belonged to A.Volynsky, one of the leading public
- figures of Peter's period. He was accused of
- participating in a conspiracy and executed in
- 1740. A lane connecting the Bolshaya
- Koniushennaya street with the Moika
- Embankment was named after Volynsky. In 1907
- the Guards Economic Society acquired the lot,
- and in 1908 the construction of the Trading
- House was started. It should be noted that
- ferro-concrete structures were used for the
- construction, which was in those times a novelty
- in Russian building. The exterior and interior
- decoration reflected the interest to Russian
- classical architecture, characteristic of the
- 1910s; it is manifested in the use of order
- columns, pilasters, as well as the thin spire on
- top of the corner rotunda. The design of the