The Mindovsky House is an example of
Art Nouveau
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architecture
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, designed by
Lev Kekushev
Lev Nikolayevich Kekushev (russian: Лев Николаевич Кекушев) was a Russian architect, notable for his Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, built in the 1890s and early 1900s in the original, Franco-Belgian variety of this style. Ke ...
and built by the Moscow Trading-and-Construction Joint Stock Company in 1903. It is located at 44
Povarskaya Street
Povarskaya Street (russian: Поварская улица), known from 1924–1991 as ''Vorovsky Street'' (улица Воровского), is a radial street in the center of Moscow, Russia, connecting Arbat Square on Boulevard Ring with Kudri ...
(russian: Поварская ул., 44) in the
Arbat district
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The district extends from central Mokhovaya Street west to Novoarbatsky Bridge over th ...
of Moscow.
The
diplomatic mission
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of
New Zealand
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in the
Russian Federation
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was housed in the building from 1973 to 2015.
See also
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New Zealand–Russia relations
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Diplomatic missions in Russia
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References
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Embassy of New Zealand in Russia*
Mindovsky Mansion
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Art Nouveau architecture in Moscow
Houses completed in 1903
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Art Nouveau houses
New Zealand
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Moscow
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New Zealand–Russia relations