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Chinese tea house in Moscow

The bright building on Myasnitskaya Street in Moscow stands out among others and attracts the attention of passers-by with its non-typical elements for Russian architecture. The tea house resembles a Chinese pagoda and it is considered to be the real office of a company that was involved in tea trade.

This house in the Chinese style was built for the tea merchant Sergei Vasilievich Perlov A __________ in order to establish his own business. He bought the land on Myasnitskaya Street in the centre of Moscow in 1875, B __________ in 1891. The construction was finished by 1893. The first floor was for Perlov’s tea shop, C __________ profitable apartments for rent and the host’s own family.

The front side of the newly built house was redecorated in the Chinese style after several years. A little tower in the form of a pagoda appeared D __________ molded dragons, snakes, Chinese umbrellas and lanterns. Some materials for decoration were even brought directly from China . It was made before the visit of the Chinese Ambassador Li Hongzhang, E __________ Nikolai II and Alexandra Fyodorovna coronation. The merchant Perlov thought that it might be useful for his tea business F __________ at this house. He preferred the house of Perlov’s brother and competitor. But thanks to this case now there is a beautiful exotic building right in the city centre, as if it came right from another part of the world.