House built by Kandinsky

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When Tiutchev started on "The funeral of Moscow" was very painful, because I was born in this city and with great difficulty perceive all the "innovations", especially in the center, where I live. And I began to look for what remained, or were able to maintain, and in particular that related to art and artists. I hope there Muscovites who would support this topic ...
And to begin with - "House built by Kandinsky"

House 8 /1 for the former. Long lane. - Now street. Burdenko, CAO, rn Khamovniki; between Zubovskaya Sq. and st. Plyushchikha.

The history of its acquisition is as follows:
"One thousand nine hundred and thirteenth year <...> July Fourth came to Ivan Ivanovich Vysotsky and Kolmogorov Yasinskaya Moscow notary's office to Tverskaya part, Theatre Square <...>: the wife of a retired captain Anna A. Dmitriev, <...> and hereditary honorary citizen Vasily Kandinsky, who lives in Moscow <...> with the announcement that they Dmitrieva and Kandinsky enter into a contract of sale on the following conditions: Anna A. Dmitriev sold Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky his possession, consisting of the house with buildings and land held in Moscow, Khamovnichesky of <...> on the corner of Long and third Neopalimovskiy lanes. <...> For the transferred property has Dmitrieva with Kandinsky 31.500 rubles. <...>
July 13, 1913.
August 16, 1913 Kandinsky has issued power of attorney to architect Dmitry Mikhailovich Chelishchev, the plan is at this site was built 6-storey stone house. Earlier Tchelitchew wrote that shall finally finish no later than September 15, 1914 Mr. [ode]. Kandinsky himself worked over the architectural plans at home.

Memoirs Bogayevsky RGALI, F. 1633, op.4, ed.hr.18:
April 26, 1914 on a postcard with a view Aynmillershrasse in Munich, he asked his mother: "Do you recognize your door? Too long ago it was! Is not it? My house seems to be ready in July. In August, hope to come and have it stop ... "

However, the construction of the house was completed in October 1914.

Back in Moscow (from Switzerland), Kandinsky was not able to settle in his own house in Long Lane, as all the apartments have been delivered. Was commissioned and built specially for his workroom at 6 th floor, from which a spiral staircase led to a lamp with circular windows, offering, according to the memoirs NN Kandinsky, great views of the Kremlin, the broad panorama of Moscow.

On the subsequent history of the house and its occupants - to be continued ...