Former Embassy of Georgia (Moscow)

 administrative building, Art Nouveau / Jugendstil (architecture), 1902_construction, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)

The mansion built in 1901-1902 by the architect S. U. Solovyev for himself is perhaps one of the most unusual structures in Style Moderne in Moscow. The eclectic nature of this building is apparent in its unique shape. Notice the high triangular gable under the stylized urban European house of the middle ages.

The main facade faces Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok and is the most effective part of the building. In the central section of the facade is a large three part window, under which is a green ceramic relief with decoration.

On the Khlebny Pereulok side of the building, there are two windows between which there is a ceramic panel with the image of antique ruins and underneath them there are four arched niches with ornamental moldings, filled with ceramic inserts and united by the relief image of a female head. Beneath this composition there used to be a large window with ornate wrought iron grate.

This was the embassy of Georgia until 29 August 2008 when Georgia broke diplomatic relations with Russia and withdrew all its diplomats from Russia and closed the Georgian Embassy in Moscow. Georgia's interests are now handled by a special section of the Swiss mission.

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