House on the Embankment

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House on Embankment Дом на набережной
General information
Type	Residential
Architectural style	Constructivism
Address	2, Serafimovicha Street
Town or city	Moscow
Country	Russia
Construction started	1928
Completed	1931
Client	Soviet government
Height	~50 m
Technical details
Floor count	12
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Boris Iofan

The House on the Embankment (Russian: Дом на набережной) is a block-wide apartment building on the banks of the Moskva River on Balchug in downtown Moscow, Russia.^[1] It faces Bersenevskaya Embankment on one side and Serafimovicha Street on the other side. Until 1952, it was the tallest residential building in Moscow. It is considered an example of constructivist architecture. It was best known as the place of residence of the Soviet elite, many of whom were arrested and executed during Stalin's Great Purge.^[2][3]