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House of the Department of Estates with Wine Cellars

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The multi-story gray building with massive bay windows and a light balcony on the fourth floor was built for the Main Administration of Estates, which managed the property of the royal family. The first floor is separated from the sidewalk by a lace-like grille. The project by architect P.P. Malinovsky was realized in 1912-1913, and the building has spacious basements intended for the storage and bottling of vintage wines.

The Department of Estates was responsible for the production of quality wines, and since 1914, the Inspectorate of Estate Winemaking was located here.

Prince Lev Sergeyevich Golitsyn, the founder of Russian scientific winemaking, opened the "New World" champagne factory in Crimea in 1878, the products of which are still popular today.

In 1891, Golitsyn became the chief winemaker of the Livadia estate and the estate properties of Crimea and the Caucasus, holding an honorary position. He managed the royal vineyards, the number of which was constantly increasing.

However, Golitsyn's hot-tempered nature led to his resignation in 1897 after conflicts with Prince L.D. Vyazemsky, the head of the Main Administration of Estates.

Nevertheless, Muscovites referred to the cellars on Trubnikovsky Lane as Golitsyn's in honor of the prince. The underground galleries occupied 3,000 square meters and were located under the house and courtyard. The cellars maintained a constant temperature, housed oak barrels with a capacity of up to 1,400 decaliters, and the floor was laid with mosaics.

After the revolution, the building housed the People's Commissariat for Nationalities, headed by I.V. Stalin. Employees lived here, including the Alliluyevs in apartment No. 25. In the early 1920s, the People's Commissar of Labor N.M. Shvernik resided here.

In the 1980s, the house was restored, and the Golitsyn cellars were declared a monument of industrial architecture. However, during the anti-alcohol campaign, production was destroyed, and the cellars were closed.

Today, the building houses departments of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

The house has appeared in films multiple times, the most famous being "Romance of the Lovers" by A. Konchalovsky, which takes place in the courtyard of this house.

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Дом Удельного ведомства с винными погребами

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