If you turn from Tverskaya to Nastasinsky Lane, which is opposite the English Club, then very soon you can see an elegant building with many decorative details on the facade. Don't include it in my collection of the most beautiful houses Moscow is simply impossible. Moreover, we managed to shoot it entirely, although the lane is quite narrow. This house looks absolutely fabulous, there is nothing similar in the very center of Moscow. Formally, the design of the building uses the motifs of Russian architecture, the so-called neo-Russian style, but there are also elements of other styles. The left and right wings of the building resemble a tower with azure walls. The corners of the building are lined with relief masonry called diamond rust. A beautiful example of eclectic style...
1. The inscription on the pediment of the building "Russian Loan Treasury" indicates its purpose, and the years of construction are indicated. The building was designed by architects V.A. Pokrovsky and B.M. Nilus in 1913-1916, who had previously designed the building of the State Bank in Nizhny Novgorod. The building became a kind of monument to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, and the project was personally approved by the emperor.
2. The building is symmetrical, the axis of symmetry passes through a high hipped tower crowning the roof of the building, and a figured gilded spire above the entrance porch. Initially, a double-headed eagle flaunted on the spire, but all the double-headed eagles on the facade were knocked down after the revolution and restored only after 1991, except for the eagle on the spire.
3. Loan treasury in pre-revolutionary times was called a credit institution. The treasury gave loans up to a thousand rubles for a period of 12 months with 6% per year. It was possible to give gold, silver or valuable things as a pledge.
4. Now consider in detail the picturesque details of the building.
5. The top of the building is decorated with carved ornaments, reliefs of the coats of arms of Russia and St. George the Victorious.
6. Diamond rustication and semi-circular windows are reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance.
7. Along the edge of the figured roof of the roof - two-headed eagles with crowns.
9. On the facade, under the year of construction and the inscription, there are original octagonal windows - a reference to the Baroque.
11. Capitals of the hipped porch columns.
12. Windows of the first floor.
13. Windows of the second floor with a "weight" - Russian style.
14. Attic windows.
17. After the revolution, the loan office was closed, and the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs occupied the building. At the end of the civil war, the Gokhran (Narkomfin State Repository of Values) was located in the house, where not only jewelry and precious metals, but also other valuables of that time were brought from the nationalized estates and mansions for storage. Since 1941, the State Bank has been located in the house, in the 21st century - the Central Bank. But projects are already being considered to create a kind of museum of the history of money here.
If you turn from Tverskaya to Nastasinsky Lane, which is opposite the English Club, then very soon you can see an elegant building with many decorative details on the facade. It is simply impossible not to include it in my collection. Moreover, we managed to shoot it entirely, although the lane is quite narrow. This house looks absolutely fabulous, there is nothing similar in the very center of Moscow. Formally, the design of the building uses the motifs of Russian architecture, the so-called neo-Russian style, but there are also elements of other styles. The left and right wings of the building resemble a tower with azure walls. The corners of the building are lined with relief masonry called diamond rust. A beautiful example of eclectic style...
1. The inscription on the pediment of the building "Russian Loan Treasury" indicates its purpose, and the years of construction are indicated. The building was designed by architects V.A. Pokrovsky and B.M. Nilus in 1913-1916, who had previously designed the building of the State Bank in Nizhny Novgorod. The building became a kind of monument to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, and the project was personally approved by the emperor.
2. The building is symmetrical, the axis of symmetry passes through a high hipped tower crowning the roof of the building, and a figured gilded spire above the entrance porch. Initially, a double-headed eagle flaunted on the spire, but all the double-headed eagles on the facade were knocked down after the revolution and restored only after 1991, except for the eagle on the spire.
3. Loan treasury in pre-revolutionary times was called a credit institution. The treasury gave loans up to a thousand rubles for a period of 12 months with 6% per year. It was possible to give gold, silver or valuable things as a pledge.
4. Now consider in detail the picturesque details of the building.
5. The top of the building is decorated with carved ornaments, reliefs of the coats of arms of Russia and St. George the Victorious.
6. Diamond rustication and semi-circular windows are reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance.
7. Along the edge of the figured roof of the roof - two-headed eagles with crowns.
9. On the facade, under the year of construction and the inscription, there are original octagonal windows - a reference to the Baroque.
11. Capitals of the hipped porch columns.
12. Windows of the first floor.
13. Windows of the second floor with a "weight" - Russian style.
14. Attic windows.
17. After the revolution, the loan office was closed, and the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs occupied the building. At the end of the civil war, the Gokhran (Narkomfin State Repository of Values) was located in the house, where not only jewelry and precious metals, but also other valuables of that time were brought from the nationalized estates and mansions for storage. Since 1941, the State Bank has been located in the house, in the 21st century - the Central Bank. But projects are already being considered to create a kind of museum of the history of money here.
Interior painting was carried out by the artist I.Ya. Bilibin, one of the largest masters of the national romantic direction in the Russian version of the Art Nouveau style. Further
The building was erected between 1913 and 1916. The project, personally approved by Emperor Nicholas II, was completed by the architects and Vladimir Alexandrovich Pokrovsky.
The house-terem, luxurious in execution, was built in the spirit of the best traditions of elegant ancient Russian architecture. The works were timed to coincide with the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the royal House of Romanov.
The outer contours of the building of the Loan Treasury visually resemble a luxuriously executed old box. Graceful stucco molding and ornate decor, which Russian architects used when designing the first royal chambers in Russia, attract the eye of passers-by.
It is worth noting that the creation is more reminiscent of the style not of the majestic Empire or classicism, but of the "Naryshkin" baroque.
The loan treasury in Moscow continued the established traditions that were inherent in the first such institutions created after the middle of the eighteenth century in the city of St. Petersburg.
The main purpose of these institutions was to issue Money on credit, secured material assets: gold, silver or original jewelry. It was the loan offices that laid the foundation for banking in Russia.
The state loan treasury did not have its own budget, and its functioning was ensured by the established interest rate which at that time was 5% per annum.
Initially, the institution began to open in order to oust impudent moneylenders and thus help those in need.
The history of the Loan Treasury in Nastasinsky lane, 3 in the city of Moscow is short. The Bolsheviks, who came to rule the country in 1917, immediately nationalized the institution. So that nothing would remind of the former purpose of the building, the emblem of the imperial court was dismantled from its spire, which, however, has already been restored by now.
It is worth noting that the interior decoration of the premises practically did not suffer during the years of Soviet power: only portrait images of the former rulers of the Russian Empire were removed from the interiors, which were designed by the artist Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin.
In the first years of the reign of the new owners of the country, the Gokhran (state repository) was located in the building of the Loan Treasury. It was to these premises that the confiscated property from the religious institutions of the city and the mansions of wealthy citizens was brought. In addition, the masterpieces of the Moscow Kremlin were kept here.
Over time, the building came under the jurisdiction of the State Bank, and then the Central Bank.
Interestingly, until 2002, all newly printed books were brought here. Russian banknotes and placed in local storage. Then, if necessary, they were counted in the premises of the upper floor and then sent throughout the country.
