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Spaso House

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Spaso House

- Neoclassical Revival building. Built in 1913 as the mansion of the textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov. Since 1933 it has been the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and (since 1991) to the Russian Federation. - Spaso House takes its name from Spasopeskovskaya Square, in the Arb

at District. "Spasopeskovskaya" meant "Saviour on the Sands", referring to the sandy soil of the neighborhood.

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