In Moscow, on Bolshoy Zlatooustinsky Lane, there is an impressive building known as the Great Siberian Hotel, built on the order of Nikolai Dmitrievich Stakheev. The best view of it is from the sidewalk at the intersection of Bolshoy Zlatooustinsky and Myasnitskaya Streets.
The history of this building is rich with events. In 1898, the plot at the corner of Bolshoy Zlatooustinsky and Luchnikov Lanes was acquired by Siberian tea merchant and advisor to commerce N. D. Stakheev, who also invested in the extraction of Donbas coal and Emba oil and was involved in real estate purchases in Moscow. From 1900, he completely updated the development of the plot, partially using earlier structures. The building's design was developed by architect M. F. Bugrovsky, who also created several buildings for Stakheev in Moscow, including a residential building on Novaya Basmannaya Street.
In 1903, the basement of the building was expanded, including an arched corridor connecting various parts of the basement and extending beyond the development. N. D. Stakheev, known as a gambler, lost at the Monte Carlo casino, which likely forced him to sell the hotel. In 1913, it became owned by I. P. Kamenev.
Since 1913, the territory housed a warehouse for electrical equipment called 'Makler', which after 1917 became part of the 'Karbolit' enterprise. In the building of the former hotel, from 1920 to 1921, the management of the Moscow branch was located, where Father Pavel (Florensky), a notable figure of the Russian Orthodox Church, worked.
In 1918, the building was nationalized by the Bolsheviks. In the 1920s, its main user became the Central House of Peasants of the Moscow Province. During this time, a two-story annex was built, which has survived to this day.
Part of the building was used as a residential complex for employees of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture of the RSFSR. Agronomist A. A. Zubrilin and writer A. Platonov, known as the creator of the Soviet dystopia, lived here.
In 1938, the building was transferred to the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR for the placement of the Rear Headquarters of the Armed Forces. From the early 1990s to the 2000s, it housed the Headquarters of the Russian Navy. Subsequently, the building remained under the command's jurisdiction until the early 2010s but was not used.
On August 31, 2018, the restoration of the building was completed, and it was adapted for the needs of Rosfinmonitoring.
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