Central House of Journalists «DomZhur» - architectural monument (Moscow)

 press / news agency, exhibition centre, concert hall, listed building / architectural heritage, 1820s construction, adventure/activity centre, 1877_construction

Tel.: +7 (495) 691-09-87
Website: domjour.ru/

The front wing of a pre 1812 mansion and all that remained after the fire of 1812. At some point after the fire, this section belonged to Anastasia Mikhailovna Shcherbina (1760-1830), daughter of Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova (1744-1810) and eventually it passed out of the hands of the nobility and into the hands of wealthy first guild merchant, Aleksandr N. Pribylov, whose architect A. I. Vivien rebuilt it in the late 1870s.

Since 1920 is was the Press House, club of Moscow journalists and since 1938 it has been known as the Central House of journalists or Dom Zhur. Here many famous writers and poets recited their works and sold their books including Alexander A. Blok, Vladimir V. Mayakovsky, Sergei A. Esenin, Damian Bedny, A. V. Lunacharsky and others. From here in 1941 the Moscow journalists left on front.

Today in Dom-zhur there are daily spent press conferences, international round tables, debates, creative meetings, seminars, art exhibitions. Keeping traditions, Domzhur holds festivals, presentations of new editions, books, creative evenings of writers and musical collectives. And the evenings there are concerts of classical and jazz music, flamenco or Gypsy tunes.

The cafe, two restaurants, pub and billiard halls are now open to the public.