GUM (department store)

The GUM façade faces Red Square
Aerial view of GUM roof
Upper Trading Rows by night

GUM (Russian: ГУМ)[a] is a shopping center in Moscow, Russia. It was also the main department store in many cities of the former Soviet Union; similarly named stores operated in some Soviet republics and in post-Soviet states.

The most famous GUM is the large store facing Red Square in the Kitai-gorod area – itself traditionally a mall of Moscow. Originally, and today again, the building functions as a shopping mall. During most of the Soviet period it was essentially a department store as there was one vendor: the Soviet State. Before the 1920s the location was known as the Upper Trading Rows (Russian: Верхние торговые ряды, romanized: Verhnije torgovyje rjady).

As of 2021, GUM carries over 100 different brands,[1] and has cafes and restaurants[2] inside the mall.


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  1. ^ "All stores of GUM". gumrussia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  2. ^ "Cafes and restaurants in the main department of the country". gumrussia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.

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