House of merchant Igumnov on Yakimanka
The merchant Igumnov was a very rich man. ... Nikolai Vasilievich was a co-owner of the Yaroslavl Big Manufactory and had gold mines in Siberia.
In 1888, he decided to equip his Moscow residence, which today houses the French Embassy.
The house was built in the form of a fairytale palace in the pseudo-Russian style. Igumnov wanted to conquer the Mother See and did not skimp. Bricks for construction were brought to the construction site directly from Holland, tiles and tiles were ordered from Kuznetsov's porcelain factories. The interior decoration was entrusted to one of the most popular architects of that time, Peter Boytsov.
Today the building is a federal cultural heritage site.
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