Spaso House, Neoclassical mansion in Arbat District, Russia
The Spaso House features a semicircular rotunda adorned with Ionic columns and maintains strict symmetrical interior layouts across multiple grand halls.
Built between 1913 and 1915 for Russian banker Nikolay Vtorov, the mansion became the residence of United States ambassadors to Moscow in 1933.
The Spring Festival of 1935 at Spaso House influenced Mikhail Bulgakov's writing of the Satan's Ball chapter in The Master and Margarita.
The mansion contains diplomatic reception rooms, formal gardens, and residential quarters where United States ambassadors conduct official functions with international delegates.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin presented the American ambassador with a wooden emblem of the United States, which reportedly contained hidden listening devices.
Location: Arbat District
Inception: 1913
Founders: Nikolay Vtorov
Architectural style: Neoclassical architecture, neoclassicism
Website: https://ru.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/moscow/spaso-house
GPS coordinates: 55.75056,37.58806
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:43
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