Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000. Statue of Zhukov

For a projected structure, see City Hall and City Duma

The former Moscow City Hall is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east from the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. Image File history File linksMetadata Mosdumanew. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mosdumanew. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgi Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков) (December 1, 1896 - June 18, 1974), Soviet military commander and... City Hall and City Duma model on MIPIM exhibition City Hall and City Duma City Hall and City Duma. ... State Historical Museum, as seen from Red Square The State Historical Museum of Russia is a museum of Russian history located at one end of Red Square in Moscow. ... Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture across the world through a consideration of various influences- artistic, socio-cultural, political, economic and technological. ... Château de Ferrières 1855 Mentmore Towers English Neo-Renaissance of the 1850s. ...

History

In contrast to other European capitals, Moscow had no city hall until the establishment of zemstvo in the late 19th century. In the 1880s, when Red Square and the neighbourhood were being overhauled in the Neo-Russian style, the Moscow City Duma decided to commission an impressive building for its headquarters. During a competition that followed in 1887, architect Dmitry Chichagov (1835-94) emerged as a winner. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... It has been suggested that Town Hall be merged into this article or section. ... Zemstvo was a form of local government instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... For other uses, see Red Square (disambiguation). ...

Building work was begun three years later, with some remains of the early 18th-century Kitai-gorod Mint incorporated into the new structure. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the duma was disbanded and the large building was handed over to the Lenin Museum. As a consequence of this decision, opulent pre-revolutionary halls were either plastered or painted over, so as not to distract the visitor's attention from personal effects of the deceased Communist leader exhibited there. Iverskiye Gates leading to Red Square are the only extant gates of the Kitai-gorod wall. ... A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the system of autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal Provisional Government (Duma), resulting in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a...

Following the fall of Communism, the Moscow City Duma was reinstated but preferred to keep its headquarters in a modest building of the former Moscow Soviet on Petrovka Street. The pre-revolutionary city hall is currently employed to exhibit vast collections of the State Historical Museum.

Architecture

Voskresenskaya Square and Moscow City Hall at the turn of the 19th century.

Although frequently hailed as a central piece of the Muscovite Revival, Chichagov's design in reality is the hybrid of two styles favoured by the Muscovite bourgeoisie of the 1880s — Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance. Image File history File linksMetadata Mosdumaold. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mosdumaold. ...

In keeping with their tastes, the building retains the forms of Muscovite antiquity required to prepare a passerby for the medieval solemnity of the Kremlin and Red Square. The roof is reminiscent of the Terem Palace, an early 17th-century structure which may be found in the nearby Kremlin, whereas the exuberant form of ornamentation used in abundance for the façade suggests to the eye certain motives of the adjacent State Historical Museum and the Iberian Gate. The construction of the Terem Palace in the Moscow Kremlin began in the period 1635-1636. ... The gate and chapel are wedged between the Moscow City Hall (to the left) and the State Historical Museum (to the right). ...

Despite all these references to the Russian Middle Ages, the principal hall and other interiors used to be liberally seasoned with Italianate elements. A strictly symmetrical ground plan of Chichagov's building is also typical for Western architecture, as is the ornamental monotony of the façade, which fronts the Hotel Moskva, sprawling on the opposite side of Revolution Square. The Hotel Moskva was a major hotel located in central Moscow, Russia, just north of the Kremlin. ...