Moscow Electric Lamp Plant, Industrial heritage factory in Preobrazhenskoye District, Russia

The Moscow Electric Lamp Plant is a red brick factory complex whose main building, designed by G. P. Yevlanov in a neo-Gothic style, stands at the confluence of the Khapilovka and Yauza rivers. Two square crenellated towers with light stone caps flank an arched entrance portal with a pointed gable and layered brick mouldings. Pale stone bands divide the facade, and red letters reading "ЭЛЕКТРОСВЕТ" are mounted on a roof frame.

In 1906 engineer Naum Kolmanok set up Russia's first electric lamp workshop, which began making lamps in 1907 and merged with the Kudrinskaya "Svet" factory in 1913. The Riga firm Provodnik commissioned architect G. P. Yevlanov's neo-Gothic design in 1914 and bought a marshy site by the Khapilovka's mouth in 1915. Completed in 1926 by G. S. Shikhanov, the building housed Elektrozavod from 1928 and became MELZ in 1939.

The complex shows Soviet industrial architecture and how manufacturing shaped the neighborhood's identity. Walking through the area reveals how such factories anchored daily life and work patterns for local communities.

The red-brick building with the "ЭЛЕКТРОСВЕТ" sign stands near the Yauza and Khapilovka confluence, close to Elektrozavodskaya Street and metro station. The facade is best viewed from the public street; the interior is a working industrial site. The crenellated towers and arched portal are most legible in daylight.

One division of the plant specializes in producing cathode-ray tubes used in specific technical applications, a tradition inherited from its Soviet-era operations. This narrow focus on a single specialized product is unusual and shows how Soviet factories developed deep expertise in niche fields.