A five-room apartment in the famous "House with Lions" on Patriarch's Ponds (9 Ermolaevsky Lane), presented by Joseph Stalin to Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Mikhail Malinin. The mezzanine floor of a three-story mansion with 6 apartments. 204 sq.m., including two bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, an office, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a servants' room, a large hall, and several utility rooms. The ceilings are 3.5 meters high. A neoclassical mansion created according to the design of the workshop of the largest representative of retrospectivism in Soviet architecture, academician of architecture of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and full member of the USSR Academy of Architecture Ivan Zholtovsky in 1945 by order of Joseph Stalin for the Soviet military elite. Furnished with antique furniture and decorative and applied art items. https://www.litfund.ru/auction/345/1 The residential building on Ermolaevsky Lane, 9 was built in 1944-1945, although it is very reminiscent of an old noble estate. The ceremonial appearance and architectural delights, according to the plan of Soviet architects, were to emphasize the merits of the victorious military leaders who were to live here. "The General's House on Patriarch's Ponds", as Muscovites began to call it, also received another unofficial name - "The House with Lions". The gates on both sides of the building are decorated with powerful lions on high pedestals. Residents of the unusual house at different times were Marshal of the USSR Ivan Konev, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force and Chief Marshal of Aviation of the USSR Konstantin Vershinin, opera star Elena Obraztsova and her husband, conductor of the Bolshoi Theater, Algis Zhuraitis. Here, in apartment number one, lived Colonel General Mikhail Malinin, an associate of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky. For his success in commanding troops on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, he was awarded the Hero's Star in May 1945. He lived in the "House with Lions" with his wife, Nadezhda Grekova, who was the Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR from 1938 to 1947, and later the First Deputy Minister of the Food Industry of the RSFSR. The apartment exudes the atmosphere of the life of the highest Soviet elite. A back entrance with a kitchen and a former servants' room, an enfilade system of rooms: a living room, an office, two bedrooms, a dining room, a closed kitchen, a guest bedroom, a spacious hall. The windows overlook three sides, and the high ceilings give the apartment a special grandeur. Real estate of this level, in such condition and with such a background does not often appear on the market and does not lose its relevance. In essence, this is not just an antique apartment, but a work of art. Every square meter is filled with history, and every detail is unique. The painting in the house was done by artists L.A. Bruni, V.A. Favorsky, G.A. Echeistov and others. The apartment, which is more than 200 meters in area, preserves the traditions of past centuries - Russian classics of the 19th century and Stalin's highest nomenklatura luxury: the apartment is furnished with antique furniture and decorative and applied art items. For example, the Beckstein factory grand piano that adorns the living room was a gift from Crown Prince Wilhelm, the eldest son of German Emperor Wilhelm II, to his wife Cecilia Augusta Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; its authenticity is confirmed by a corresponding certificate from the factory archive. The Litfond auction dedicated to the general's apartment will be held online on September 7, 2021. The bidding will begin with the highest bid received during the pre-auction viewings. To arrange viewings, participate in the auction and for any other questions, please call +7 (495) 969 77 45 or email [email protected]. The description of the apartment is based on technical inventory documents, the EGRN certificate; the historical and cultural description is based on archival data available on the Internet and other sources.