Old Chambers of the Mint (Moscow)

 place with historical importance, Baroque (architecture), listed building / architectural heritage, 17th century construction

The first of the buildings of the New Red (Kitai), Mint near the Resurrection Gate.
Built by order of Peter the Great in 1697 in the Moscow baroque style.

A three-story industrial building, stands in the depth of property. Previously, it extended out to Red Square, but as a result of the expansion of the Mint in 1730 this section was hidden with an archway leading back to this part. In the 18th century there were three courtyards: front, rear and side, two of which are separated by the old building. It is known that the New Mint in Moscow, operated from 1700 to 1718..

At the end of the XVIII century, former Mint became the Provincial Board (government offices), and a hundred years later on the foundations the City Duma was constructed to form an ensemble with the building of the State History Museum, built a little earlier.

According to recent research project, the so-called new building was a project of prominent architects Domenico Trezzini, Michael and Peter Zemtsov Eropkin. A section of the Mint facing Nikolskaya St. was reconstructed in 1900 by the talented Art Nouveau architect Lev Kekushev.