First US Ambassador William Christian Bullitt, Jr. started work only in 1933, after the recognition of young Soviet Russia by the Americans. Coming from a we althy family of Philadelphia bankers, William Bullitt led a secret mission working with the USSR from 1919. Negotiated with V. I. Lenin.
First Residence
The first address of the US Embassy in Moscow: 10 Spasopeskovsky Lane. This is the former Vtorov's mansion. Today it is the so-called Spaso House, where the ambassador's residence is located. A cozy two-story neoclassical mansion, built from 1913 to 1915 by the largest entrepreneur N. A. Vtorov. Immediately after the October Revolution, he went to the office of People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Georgy Chicherin. By 1933, it was decided to transfer it to accommodate the residence of the American ambassador. This is where US presidents have stayed during their official visits.
The mansion, located among the cozy Arbat courtyards on the territory of 1.8 hectares, is almost equidistant from the Kremlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry and today's accommodationAmerican mission. Near the junction of the roads of the Garden Ring and Arbat. An almost perfect location for the address of the US Embassy in Moscow. This is where it was until 1953.
US Mission Territory
Almost immediately after the establishment of diplomatic relations, negotiations began on the expansion of the territory. Stalin offered an excellent site on the Lenin Hills, and even with a view of the Moscow River. But then it was a remote area that did not suit the American side. Negotiations have been going on for more than 35 years. It was only on May 16, 1969 that the “Agreement on the exchange of plots of land for the placement of the embassy” was signed. It took 10 years for the first stone of the new US embassy in Moscow to be laid. The address of the plot for 10 hectares is Bolshoi Devyatkinsky lane, 8.
By 1986, the main building work was completed. But it took another 14 years before the US Secretary of State gave permission to move to the new building. Thus, May 5, 2000 can be considered the official date for the start of full-fledged work of the US Embassy in Moscow. Address: 121099, Bolshoy Devyatkinsky lane, building 8.
How to get there
The quadrangle of the embassy territory between Novinsky Boulevard, Maly Konyushkovsky Lane, Konyushkovskaya Street and Bolshoi Devyatkinsky Lane is a zone of continuous development, closed to free access. Without knowing Moscow, it is difficult to figure out where the checkpoint of the embassy is and where the consular department is. For those wishing to obtain a visa, the consular section of the US Embassy in Moscow is open. Address: Novinsky Boulevard, 21. The most convenient approach is from the metro station "Barrikadnaya" along Barrikadnaya Street, past the Stalinskaya skyscraper and Kudrinskaya Square, to the Garden Ring. Then you need to walk along the outer side of the ring 300 meters to Novy Arbat.
For all other questions, please contact from the other side of the building, which is located at the US Embassy in Moscow. Walk from the metro station "Barrikadnaya" or "Krasnopresnenskaya" along Konyushkovskaya street about 350 meters. But you should first contact the embassy staff via the Internet or get advice by phone.
