The house at Tverskaya Street, 4, two steps from the Kremlin, was considered a special place in Soviet times. It was almost impossible to get inside, because the Heroes of the Soviet Union, the party nomenclature and the Soviet elite lived there. Today, apartments here cost about 100 million rubles. Let’s take a closer look at them

In the Soviet Union, apartments were not sold, but given for special merits. One of these elite houses was the famous “house with an arch” on Tverskaya, a 4—seven-storey building stretching as much as two blocks, in the style of the Stalinist Empire. It was built in 1937-1939 . The lower floor, decorated with dark granite slabs, was occupied by cafes and shops: a branch of GUM “Gifts”, “Diet”, “Cosmos”. Arkady Grigoryevich Mordvinov was chosen as the architect — he was commissioned to renovate Gorky Street at that time, and this house became a symbol of a new era.

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Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Sokolsky.

Only those close to the authorities have always lived here: it’s five minutes to the Kremlin. Among the famous residents were Marshal of Artillery Mikhail Chistyakov, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Sokolsky, Lieutenant General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Trofimov.

Today, as realtors say, “important people” also live here. And real estate prices are no less solid. For example, a four-room apartment on the third floor with an area of more than 100 sq. m. meters can be bought for 97 million rubles, and a two-bedroom duplex with an area of 110 sq. m. meters on the fourth floor — already for 110 million rubles.

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The package includes: a ceiling of 3.2 meters, two bedrooms, two toilets, a bathroom with a sauna, a kitchen-dining room, a living room, a dressing room, an entrance hall. The area of the hallway is 12 squares — not every one in Moscow boasts of such sizes! The cost of this apartment on the market is 97 million rubles.

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You can buy an apartment with a mortgage: if the one for 97 million, then the first installment will be 19.4 million, and 609.5 thousand monthly. At the same time, the buyer’s income must be at least 1,015,960 rubles per month, otherwise the bank will not approve the loan. And if we consider a two- or three-room apartment in a legendary house built in 1938, the prices will be lower: from 70 and from 40 million.

True, the “designer renovation” originally from the 2000s, which the ads speak about, is unlikely to appeal to buyers with good taste. There is little left of the former greatness of Soviet apartments here — there are no famous “rosettes” around the chandelier, no stucco cornices, no herringbone parquet. All this, apparently, sank into oblivion in the late 1990s, along with the original layout. Instead, there is a complete lack of taste and a whole set of stamps of “European renovation” from multi—level ceilings and tulle curtains to uncomfortable, bulky furniture.

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This two-level two-bedroom apartment with an area of 110 sq. m. meters are sold for 110 million rubles.

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Numerous announcements about daily rent of apartments in this house also indicate that many apartments of the Soviet nomenclature fell victim to “renovation” with a claim to design. By the way, the rental prices here are impressive: from 5.5 thousand per day for a “two-bedroom” to 10-12 thousand for 4-room or 5-room apartments. Realtors are also lured by symbols of Moscow within walking distance, and for walking they recommend Zaryadye Park and Alexander Garden.

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These four-bedroom duplex apartments with an area of 160 sq. m. meters is located on the seventh floor of the legendary house. They can be traded on Avito for 10,900 rubles per day.

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For many, perhaps, this can be an interesting experience — especially since this kind of design travel has become a trend in recent years in the face of difficulties with movement and travel.

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A one-bedroom apartment on the sixth floor with an area of 86 square meters will cost from 6,490 rubles per day.

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Irina Vrublevskaya

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