Merchant Igumnov's House in Moscow is an architectural monument built in the Neo-Russian style. It is located in the Yakimanka district on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street and was constructed in 1895 according to the design of architect Nikolai Pozdeev.
In 1851, the family of Yaroslavl merchants Igumnovs acquired a plot in Zamoskvorechye at the end of Yakimanka. This plot, with a wooden house built after the fire of 1812, previously belonged to the second guild merchant Nikolai Lukyanov. The purchase documents were drawn up in the name of Vera Igumnova. In 1888, Nikolai Igumnov, who headed the Yaroslavl Large Manufactory, inherited the plot on Bolshaya Yakimanka and submitted a request to build a stone house in place of the old wooden one.
To construct the mansion, he invited Nikolai Pozdeev, the city architect of Yaroslavl, known for his skill in Russian eclecticism and church architecture. In 1893, Pozdeev died of tuberculosis, and his brother Ivan, along with architect Pyotr Boytsov, completed the construction and also worked on the interior design of the house.
According to unofficial data, Igumnov spent about a million rubles on the construction. The bricks were delivered from Holland, and the multicolored tiles for the facade were made at the Kuznetsov porcelain factory.
After the 1917 revolution, Igumnov transferred the house to the Soviet authorities. Since 1938, the building was used by the French embassy. In 1979, after the embassy moved to a new location, the mansion became the official residence of the French ambassadors.
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