The Embassy of Vietnam in

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is the

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of the

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to the

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. The chancery is located at 13 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Street (russian: ул. Большая Пироговская, 13) in the

Khamovniki District Khamovniki District (russian: Хамо́вники) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Luzhniki bend of Moskva River; nor ...

of Moscow. The embassy occupies a former Mazurin orphanage building, privately funded by the estate of late French-born Marie Charbonneau (d. 1890) who was a long-term unmarried partner of Nikolay Mazurin. Charbonneau bequested 200,000 roubles in cash and 80,000 in

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to establish an orphanage to be named after Mazurin. History of Moscow state medical universit

The City Hall provided land on the north-western corner of then emerging

Devichye Pole Devichye Pole (russian: links=no, Девичье поле, , Maidens' Field) is a historical medical campus, built between 1887 and 1897 in Khamovniki District of Moscow, Russia, to the master plan of Konstantin Bykovski. It is located between the ...

medical campus; the building, completed in 1895, became the first solo project by a 30-year-old architect

Illarion Ivanov-Schitz Illarion Aleksandrovich Ivanov-Schitz (russian: Илларио́н Алекса́ндрович Иванов-Шиц; 18651937) was a Russian architect, notable for developing a unique personal style, blending the Vienna Secession school of Otto Wa ...

. As built, the orphanage provided shelter for up to 50 boys and 50 girls. Admittance was open to children aged 5 to 9 years, regardless of their creed or social standing; the city, however, required at least two years Moscow residence. Orphans who reached junior school age studied in nearby public schools together with ordinary children; they could stay in the orphanage until the age of 12. History of Moscow state medical universit

In 1930s the nationalized building housed a public school. History of Moscow state medical universit

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Residential buildings completed in 1895 Khamovniki District Soviet Union–Vietnam relations Cultural heritage monuments in Moscow {{vietnam-stub

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