Chamber of the deacon Andreyan Ratmanov, Federal cultural heritage building in Basmanny District, Moscow, Russia.
The Chamber of the deacon Andreyan Ratmanov is a complex in Moscow comprised of a main house and two attached structures that blend architectural features from the 17th and 18th centuries. The buildings display construction details from multiple periods, creating a layered composition of different design approaches.
The structure was built around 1700 as a residence for clerk Andrei Ratmanov and underwent major renovation in the second half of the 18th century. These modifications substantially changed its appearance and form.
The building served as home to the Sukhovo-Kobylin family, whose members were writers and artists active in Russian cultural life. Their presence in these rooms reflects a time when this address was part of the city's intellectual circles.
The site is located at 13/17 Bolshoy Kozlovsky Lane in the city center and currently operates as the headquarters of the Pushkin Library Foundation. Visitors should be aware that this is an active institutional building.
During renovations in the 1960s, workers discovered original 17th-century chambers hidden beneath the later exterior walls of the building. This finding allowed restorers to preserve the earliest layers and expose the place's multi-layered past.
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