From the “house of the fool” to the “house of friendship”: what is Arseny Morozov’s mansion famous for. Morozov's mansion: what the strangest house in this city looks like from the inside House of Friendship with the Peoples of Foreign Countries

Mansion of Arseny Morozov.

House-toy.

There is a miracle house on Vozdvizhenka, right opposite the Arbatskaya metro station. Before the revolution - the mansion of Arseny Morozov. There is a miracle house on Vozdvizhenka, right opposite the Arbatskaya metro station. Before the revolution - the mansion of Arseny Morozov. After - “House of Friendship with Nations” foreign countries" Which peoples were friends there and how exactly is an idle question for architecture connoisseurs. And this house has many connoisseurs. True, not adults - little ones. More than one younger generation, with their mouths agape, stared at a real castle from a fairy tale, miraculously moved to the center of Moscow.

“Before, I was the only one who knew that you were a fool, but now all of Moscow will know,” this is how the venerable Varvara Alekseevna Morozova reacted to what her son did with her gift. She gave her 24-year-old son a Russian-style mansion on Vozdvizhenka. Less than three years had passed since the restless Arseny Abramovich rebuilt it.

In 1899, when construction was completed, Arseny Morozov became the owner of the luxury mansion in the city. There has never been such a house in the Mother See. He amazed cultural Moscow with his “castration of tradition” and the fact that he “amazingly included the worship of the lower instincts of our nature, created a cult of the lower organisms of the world, stylizing them and thereby equating them with man and his life.”

Aristocratic Moscow frowned skeptically. Count Tolstoy in his novel “Resurrection” gave both the mansion and its owner a damning description: driving along Vozdvizhenka, Nekhlyudov reflects on the construction of “a stupid, unnecessary palace for some stupid, unnecessary person.” But for Arseny Abramovich, the house was his dream, his house, built by his architect in accordance with his ideas of beauty. He “brought” his mansion from a trip.

Together with his friend, the architect Mazyrin, Morozov visited Portugal, where he visited Sintra, a small town near Lisbon. Morozov was fascinated. He was especially impressed by the Palácio di Pena, a palace built in 1885 and owned by the husband of the Portuguese Queen Maria II, the German Prince Ferdinand. The tower palace struck him with a fantastic combination of styles - the Dragon Gate, belfries and minarets, domes with circular paths, lancet windows from the Manuel era. Captured Arseny immediately ordered Viktor Aleksandrovich Mazyrin to rebuild his mansion in the image and likeness of what he saw in Sintra.

Arseny could not have chosen a better author of the project. Rosy-cheeked Mazyrin was fond of mysticism, spiritualism, believed in the transmigration of souls and believed that his soul was born in Egypt. He develops the composition of the house as a combination of different volumes: the front part, the vertical dominant and, in fact, the main building. The richly decorated facade contrasts with the laconic design of the rear of the mansion. Floral ornaments, geometric shapes, sea shells, traditional rosettes, frames in the form of chains, twisted belts, flowers, grapes, strange trees, consoles and turrets, poorly combined both in scale and stylistically, completely satisfied both the architect and the client.

The new mansion was not an exact copy of the Portuguese original, although the composition of the front part, consisting of two cylindrical towers and a portico, the decor of the roof fence, and the shape of the window openings are a replica of the Portuguese style. As if straight from the pages of a children's book, the mansion would be at home in magical land fairies But in Moscow late XIX century, the excessive expressiveness of decorative forms makes its architecture comical.

Who was this eccentric who invested a fortune in a toy palace?

Arseny Abramovich Morozov was a representative of a powerful commercial and industrial dynasty. The Morozovs' capital began with 5 rubles, which Savva Vasilyevich Morozov, a serf peasant in the Old Believer village of Zuevo, received as his wife's dowry. He and his family were engaged in weaving. In 1797, at the age of 27, Savva Vasilyevich founded a silk weaving establishment in his native Zuev. When he was 50, he bought himself and his family from the landowner for huge money at that time - 17 thousand rubles. 17 years later, in 1837, he bought land near Orekhov and moved the factory there. From the four manufactories that belonged to him and his sons, a powerful cotton empire was formed.

Business acumen, amazing efficiency and crystal honesty ensured the success of the Morozovs. Today monographs are written about their experience of capitalist management. In terms of technical equipment, their manufactories were among the best in Europe. The owners took care of the working and living conditions of their workers, building houses, hospitals and churches for them. The Morozovs donated money to free shelters, almshouses, maternity hospitals, hospitals (the most famous is the Morozov Children's Hospital).

A family of Old Believers peasants found themselves in an environment richest people Russia, which has been formed over centuries. The founders of the clan had no education other than religious education. Their grandchildren received an excellent education. In vain did the annoyed professor Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev complain: “They walk around in tuxedos and tailcoats, but inside they are rhinoceroses.”

The refusal to donate to the new (Pushkin) Museum did not at all mean a lack of interest in culture, although Maria Timofeevna Morozova said that they were “men” and the Museum was of no use to them. The “men” Morozovs are known as philanthropists and collectors. They supported Russian artists, spent a lot of money on publishing projects. An avid theatergoer, Savva Timofeevich Morozov, took over the financing Art Theater and built a magnificent building for it.

Arseny Abramovich Morozov, the owner of the ill-fated mansion, immortalized by Tolstoy in such unflattering terms, was not noted for any special business talents. He loved to party, loved luxury and life on a grand scale. And until the end of his days he remained a boy. He died in 1908, at the age of 35, somehow absurdly. At another drinking party, having bet with friends that he could withstand any pain, he went into the office and secretly shot himself in the leg. He won the bet, no one noticed anything. But he lost big - blood poisoning began, and a few hours later Morozov died.

“My house will stand forever, but no one knows what will happen to your paintings,” Arseny said to his brother collectors. The mansion on Vozdvizhenka is more than a century old. Children have been admiring it for more than a century. Then they grow up and either stop noticing the beauty or ugliness around them, or they become aesthetes and only curl their lips contemptuously when passing by a magical “merchant’s toy.”

It is simply impossible to pass by this wonderful mansion without being surprised and admiring it. And here we go again - the mansion of Arseny Morozov on Vozdvizhenka, but now let’s pay attention to the details. And there are a great many of them here. In the title photo there is an elegant stone vine, repeating the wall of a Portuguese castle entwined with grapes. I didn’t want to write any words about this wonderful building, everything has already been said about it, but I learned something that I didn’t know about before.

It turns out that this intricate mansion had a very specific model. This is the Pena Palace (Palácio Nacional da Pena) in Portugal, on a high cliff above the city of Sintra, in a fantastic pseudo-medieval style. The construction was organized by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Mary II of Portugal. He invested enormous amounts of money in this project, and work continued until his death in 1885. A building built in mid-19th century, combined elements of Moorish medieval architecture and Manueline - the Portuguese national style, popular in XV-XVI centuries. This same Pena Palace in the early 1890s inspired Russian millionaire Arseny Abramovich Morozov and architect Viktor Aleksandrovich Mazyrin to build a mansion on Vozdvizhenka. It all started with the fact that Arseny Morozov received a plot of land in the center of Moscow as a gift.

Pena Palace in Sintra

Arseny's mother, Varvara Alekseevna, came from the Khludov merchant family, which owned one of the first Russian paper mills equipped with steam engines. His father, Abram Abramovich ( cousin famous philanthropist Savva Morozov), was the owner of the Tver manufactory. After his death, management of the enterprise passed into the hands of his wife - an intelligent, acumen and beautiful woman. It was she who decided to give her unlucky son, the reveler and reveler Arseny, a plot of land on Vozdvizhenka for his 25th birthday.

Konstantin Makovsky. Portrait of V. A. Morozova, 1874

Arseny turned to his friend the architect and great original Viktor Mazyrin, whom he met at the world exhibition in Antwerp. And he invited Morozov to travel around Europe together in search of a prototype of the house. Upon returning to Moscow, Arseny Morozov got the idea to build himself a castle house, repeating the general outline Pena Palace style.

Architect Viktor Mazyrin (pictured left) and millionaire Arseny Morozov

The mansion was built quickly, in four years, a period unprecedented for that time.

1. Now the trees have grown, and the cast-iron fence has been duplicated with opaque shields, which, of course, makes it difficult to view the mansion. But still, some design details can be captured.

2. In the Morozov mansion, the Moorish style is most clearly manifested in the design of the front entrance, as well as the two towers located on both sides of the main entrance. The doorway is decorated with ship's ropes tied in nautical knots - a symbol of good luck in Portugal, the main entrance is in the form of a horseshoe - a symbol of good luck in Russia, and above it is a chained dragon, an eastern symbol of good luck.

4. Two romantic towers with lacy attics and balcony railings are located on both sides of the main entrance.

7. Picturesque decorative details are used in the design of the walls - shells, ship ropes, horseshoe-shaped and lancet window openings.

17. In the remaining parts of this building, the architecture is eclectic. For example, some window openings are decorated with classical columns,

18. The general asymmetrical structure of the mansion is more characteristic of Art Nouveau.

19. The mansion did not bring good luck to Morozov himself. He managed to live there for only nine years. In 1908, at one of the drinking parties, Arseny shot himself in the leg with a pistol as a bet. I wanted to prove that a person can withstand any pain. They bet on cognac. Morozov did not scream after the shot and won the argument, but even after that he did not go to the doctor, but continued drinking. Three days later, millionaire Arseny Morozov, at the age of 35, died of blood poisoning. The scandalous glory of the mansion did not end with his death. Morozov left the house not to his wife and children, but to his mistress, Nina Aleksandrovna Konshina.

After the revolution, Arseny Morozov's mansion changed owners more than once. From 1918 to 1928 it housed Proletkult and its theater, from 1928 to 1940 - the residence of the Japanese Ambassador, from 1941 to 1945 - the editorial office of the English newspaper "British Ally", from 1952 to 1954 - the embassy of the Indian Republic. For almost half a century, the Morozov mansion housed the “House of Friendship with the Peoples of Foreign Countries,” opened on March 31, 1959. At that time, demonstrations of foreign films, meetings and press conferences with foreign artists, photo exhibitions and even concerts were held there. Last time I was in the House of Friendship at the very end of the last century. The Russian Government Reception House was opened on January 16, 2006, and now the mansion is closed to Muscovites and guests of the capital.
More about Morozov's mansion in the report

“Walking along the roof of the Kievsky station, climbing into the semi-secret tunnel under New Arbat and walking along it turned out to be much easier than going into Morozov’s mansion. Our producer Anya Skopina erased her fingertips with approval letters, and exact date, when the film crew and I could have come to the unusual house on Vozdvizhenka, nothing happened. The fact is that more than ten years ago the mansion - former House friendship with the peoples of foreign countries - given over to the purposes of the Reception House of the Russian Government. Since then, its doors have been closed to visitors even on cultural and cultural days. historical heritage. But having learned everything that could be found about the Morozov mansion, we decided to visit it at all costs.

Who is this Morozov

The mansion on Vozdvizhenka is surrounded by a cloud of legends. Most of which is true. The customer of the house, Arseny Morozov, was the great-grandson of the founder of the extensive Morozov dynasty, Savva Morozov. He, while still a serf, started with a tiny weaving workshop, and eventually bought his own manumission and built textile factories throughout Russia.

Arseny was born to Savva's grandson, Abram, and his wife Varvara. According to the matrimonial traditions of that time, Varvara Alekseevna was married by force. She never loved her husband and when he died, she immediately straightened her shoulders. But she quickly discovered that, according to her harsh husband’s will, she would lose her inheritance if she married again. However, Morozov’s fortune was so great that the widow’s forced sinful life did not cause public censure. In addition, Varvara Alekseevna was actively involved in charity work: with her money, the country’s first oncology center was built (Morozov Institute for the treatment of tumor patients on Devichye Pole), the Turgenev library was founded, and the main liberal newspaper “Russian Vedomosti” was launched.

But, as often happens, Varvara Morozova, who was liberal in society, turned out to be a real tyrant-autocrat for her loved ones. When her third-eldest son Arseny turned 21 and received the right to dispose of a share of the family capital, Varvara Alekseevna bought him a plot next to her house on Vozdvizhenka. Thus, the young man responsible for carousing in the family had to remain under his mother’s supervision. But that was not the case.

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What kind of house is this

Previously, in the area of ​​the current address Vozdvizhenka, 16, there was a huge equestrian circus of Karl Marcus Ginn. But after a fire in 1892, one of the causes of which was considered arson, the impresario did not have enough money to build a new circus, and the site was put up for sale. Two years later, Varvara Morozova filed a petition to develop the vacant space. The architect Viktor Mazyrin, invited by the head of the Morozov clan, designed a nice house in the Russian style, but Arseny had his own views on art and life. He suggested that he think about other, more daring projects. In search of inspiration, young people went abroad. The trip to historical sites was predictably stormy and ended in the small Portuguese city of Sintra. There a majestic awaited travelers Palácio da Pena Looks like thisBuilt in the mid-19th century as a romantic imitation of medieval fortresses.- a palace in the Moorish style that belonged to the royal family.

Arseny and Victor's delight in Pena knew no bounds. Upon returning to Moscow, construction began on a new mansion. And the further it progressed, the more astonished the Muscovites became. By the end of the 19th century, thanks to the efforts of modernist architects, they had seen everything, but, as it turned out, not everything. On calm Vozdvizhenka a gigantic Mediterranean mansion appeared, strewn with shells - apparently spotted on a house in the Spanish city of Salamanca La Casa de las Conchas House with shells 15th century, shells scallop- a symbol of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.- and extremely declaratively reported on the financial capabilities of the future owner.

Leo Tolstoy, with his characteristic “warmth” for young capitalists, dedicated several lines of the novel “Resurrection” to the workers forced “...to build this stupid unnecessary palace for some stupid and unnecessary person, one of the very same ones who ruin and rob them.” Many Muscovites were skeptical about the mansion of the famous reveler and spender, but Arseny was little bothered by the devastating articles in the newspapers. However, like the reaction of his mother Varvara Alekseevna, who said when looking at new home the legendary phrase: “Before, I was the only one who knew that you were a fool, but now all of Moscow knows.”

In the formal hall there is a meeting table with microphones. We can only hope that the meetings and speeches delivered into microphones are also solemn

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The benches in the Greek hall are under heavy security, not federal property

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The mirror in a gilded frame has seen views of Arseny Morozov with a tame trot, and Vsevolod Meyerhold, and the first ambassador of independent India, and Dmitry Medvedev

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There is never a dull moment at meetings at the Reception House of the Government of the Russian Federation: there is always a ceiling for entertainment

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What's inside the "House of Fools"

WITH interior decoration Morozov also acted like Morozov. When asked by Mazyrin in what style to design the interior, Arseny replied: “In all of them!” Halls in different styles were part of the architectural fashion of the era. You can read about this from the biographer of the architect Mazyrin, Elena Savinova. It was customary to make lobbies in rich houses of the late 19th century in Egyptian style, boudoir - Rococo, and so on.

But we guessed that here Morozov should have done everything differently. Therefore, producer letters continued to be sent to all press and secret services until they finally reached their goal. After searching, our film crew was allowed into a house that was completely empty and unusually quiet for the first owner.

Morozov really did everything his own way. Thus, the lobby of his house served as a hunting hall. Arseny had something to brag about: he had 82 killed bears. Some of his trophies can be seen here - the heads of a wild boar, elk, deer and even squirrels hang from the ceiling. The huge, beautiful fireplace also displays all types of medieval bestiality: it depicts a bow, crossbow, falcon and hound horn. Above are the sea ropes already seen on the façade, tightening two oak branches in a tight knot - a symbol of a successful hunt. In general, animals were loved in the house - in Morozov’s times, a tamed lynx walked along the parquet.

Those who are tired of admiring the stucco on the ceiling can always pass the time by counting the folds on the lambrequins

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End belle époque Morozov came even before the revolution. And even before the First World War. The death of Arseny Morozov could be called an operetta if it were not real. Arseny went with friends to his estate Vlasyevo, where during a revelry he bet that he could endure any pain. He shot himself in the leg and resignedly, accompanied by cheerful adult laughter, bled to death.

Nine years after Morozov’s death, during revolutionary events, anarchists settled in the house. Then the mansion became the property of the Proletkult Theater - performances by Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Meyerhold were staged in the Morozov halls. Then the Japanese ambassador lived here. And in 1941, part of the British Embassy moved into Vozdvizhenka. After the war - Indian Embassy. And finally - the House of Friendship of Peoples with Foreign Countries, which existed within the walls of the mansion until 2003. Three years later, the building was given over to state receptions.

The heavy spirit of official ceremonies is not felt in the mansion. If it weren’t for the silence and solemn regime of stay, one could say that Morozov’s atmosphere of revelry has been preserved here. However, who knows how government receptions go. Are they suddenly having fun?”

You walk aimlessly, looking around. Something attracts the eye, something you don’t notice at all. And sometimes you stand rooted to the spot and look, look... So I came across the mansion of Arseny Morozov (Vozdvizhenka St., 16) - one of the most unusual buildings in Moscow. Then I read his story, which was quite interesting.

The mansion was built with money and according to the idea of ​​the merchant Arseny Morozov - a fan Moorish style. Construction of the mansion was completed in 1899.

From Wikipedia: Even at the construction stage, it became the object of mocking conversations among Muscovites, gossip, rumors and critical newspaper publications. Public opinion perceived the exotic mansion with disapproval, as an expression of extreme eccentricity. Conversations around the construction were reflected in L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “Resurrection” (published in 1899): Prince Nekhlyudov, driving along Volkhonka, reflects on the construction of “a stupid unnecessary palace for some stupid and unnecessary person,” referring to Morozov’s idea . There is a legend that Arseny’s mother, an angry and sharp-tongued woman, visiting her son’s newly built house in December 1899, said in her hearts: Previously, I was the only one who knew that you were a fool, but now all of Moscow will know! 

Continuation of the story from Wikipedia: Arseny Morozov, known as a spendthrift and a reveler, was not destined to live in the luxury of an exotic home for long. One day, in 1908, he shot himself in the leg on a dare, trying to prove that he would not feel pain thanks to the fortitude that was developed with the help of Mazyrin’s esoteric techniques. Blood poisoning began, from which he died three days later at the age of 35.

According to Morozov's will, his beloved, Nina Aleksandrovna Konshina, became the heir to the house on Vozdvizhenka. Morozov's legal wife, Vera Sergeevna, with whom he had not lived since 1902, tried to challenge this will, citing mental disorder Arseny Abramovich, and, consequently, his incapacity. The court found V.S. Morozova's arguments untenable and N.A. Konshina took possession of the house, who immediately sold it to oil industrialist Leon Mantashev, the son of A.I. Mantashev.

After October Revolution the house became the headquarters of the anarchists, but not for long. In May 1918, the First Working Mobile Troupe of the Proletkult Theater moved here. The poets Sergei Yesenin and Sergei Klychkov lived in the house at the theater. In the early 1920s, Sergei Eisenstein collaborated with her, staging several avant-garde performances within the walls of the Morozov mansion. The theater occupied the building until 1928.

At the end of the 1920s, the building was transferred to the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. From 1928 to 1940, the Japanese Embassy was located here; in 1941-1945 - the services of the British Embassy and the editorial office of the English newspaper "British Ally"; from 1952 for two years - Indian Embassy. In 1959, the owner of the building became the “Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries” (SSOD); The mansion was called the House of Friendship with the Peoples of Foreign Countries or, in common parlance, the House of Friendship of Peoples. Conferences, meetings with foreign cultural figures, and film screenings were held in the house.

Currently, the mansion is used for various government and diplomatic events.

Unfortunately, the mansion is not accessible to mere mortals.

The Arseny Morozov Mansion is a mansion in the center of Moscow, on Vozdvizhenka, 16, built in 1895 - 1899 by the architect Viktor Mazyrin, commissioned by the millionaire Arseny Morozov. The building, combining elements of modernism and eclecticism, is a unique example of bright and exotic stylization in the neo-Moorish spirit for Moscow architecture.

Arseny Abramovich Morozov belonged to the wealthy merchant family of the Morozovs and was the cousin of Savva Morozov. In the early 1890s, he, together with Viktor Mazyrin, his friend, traveled through Spain and Portugal. The millionaire, as well as the architect, was indelibly impressed by the Portuguese Pena Palace in Sintra, built in the mid-19th century and combining elements of Spanish-Moorish medieval architecture and the national Manueline style.

Upon returning to Moscow, Arseny Morozov was inspired by the idea of ​​​​building himself a castle house, repeating in general terms the style of the Pena Palace. On a plot donated by mother Varvara Alekseevna for her son’s 25th birthday, instead of a small classicist mansion early XIX century, an unusual house soon grew up.

Still under construction Morozov's mansion became the object of mocking conversations among Muscovites, gossip, rumors and critical newspaper publications.

Aristocratic Moscow frowned skeptically. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy in his novel “Resurrection” gave a damning description of both the mansion and the owner: Nekhlyudov, driving along Vozdvizhenka, reflects on the construction of “a stupid unnecessary palace for some stupid unnecessary person.” Varvara Alekseevna spoke no less sharply when she found out what her son had done with her gift - a mansion in the Russian style: “Before, I was the only one who knew that you were a fool, now all of Moscow knows.” To all the brothers’ reproaches about bad taste and impracticality, Arseny answered: “My house will stand forever, but no one knows what will happen to your paintings.”

Arseny Morozov met the architect Viktor Mazyrin in 1894 at World's Fair in Antwerp, for which Mazyrin designed the Russian pavilion. By that time he was already a famous master, the author of pavilions for the Paris Exhibition in 1889 and the Central Asian Exhibition in Moscow in 1891. A dreamer and romantic, he believed in the transmigration of souls and believed that his soul was born in Egypt, so he visited this country twice . Mazyrin traveled a lot and, like a real architect, brought albums of sketches from each trip - drawings of various buildings, details and fragments of architectural structures he liked. It is not surprising that such a master received the order to build a mansion on Vozdvizhenka. The architect and the customer went on a trip to Europe to look for the prototype of the future miracle palace. What we were looking for was found in the Portuguese city of Sintra: the Palácio de Pena Palace, built in 1885, which belonged to Prince Ferdinand, the husband of the Portuguese Queen Maria II.

The neo-Moorish style is most clearly manifested in the design of the main entrance portal Morozov's mansion and two towers on either side of it. A horseshoe-shaped opening, accented by fancy twisted columns, shell-shaped stucco on the towers, openwork cornice and attic create a unique flavor.

In other parts mansion of Arseny Morozov Sometimes elements of different styles are visible: for example, some window openings are flanked by classic columns.

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General composition Morozov's mansion with an emphasized lack of symmetry of parts of the building, it goes back to the characteristic techniques of Art Nouveau architecture.

The interior decoration of the premises also reflected the wide range of interests of the owner: the formal dining room, called the “Knight's Hall,” was decorated in pseudo-Gothic style, the main living room, where balls were held, was designed in the Empire style, the boudoir for the wife of the owner of the mansion was decorated in a Baroque style. There were also interiors in Arabic and Chinese styles.

Mayakovsky was also here – at literary debates. “Could you play a nocturne on the drainpipe flute?...”

Arseny Morozov, known as a spendthrift and a debauchee, was not destined to live in the luxury of an exotic home for long. One day, in 1908, he shot himself in the leg on a dare, trying to prove that a person is able to endure any pain. Blood poisoning began, from which he died three days later at the age of 35. Unusual death as if to emphasize the unusualness of a person...

After the October Revolution Morozov's house became the headquarters of the anarchists, but not for long. In May 1918, the First Working Mobile Troupe of the Proletkult Theater moved here. In the early 1920s, Sergei Eisenstein collaborated with her, staging several avant-garde performances within the walls of the Morozov mansion. The theater occupied the building until 1928.

At the end of the 1920s, the building was transferred to the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. From 1928 to 1940, the Japanese Embassy was located here; in 1941-1945 - the editorial office of the English newspaper "British Ally"; from 1952 for two years - Indian Embassy. In 1959, the owner of the building became the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and cultural relations with the peoples of foreign countries" (SSOD); The mansion received the common name of the House of Peoples' Friendship. Conferences, meetings with foreign cultural figures, and film screenings were held in the house.

In 2003, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation began re-equipping, reconstructing and restoring the building. Government Reception House Russian Federation- this is the current situation official name mansion - opened in January 2006 and was intended to host various official events related to Russia's year-long chairmanship of the G8.

During the work, they were restored and restored unique interiors. The Moscow company “Gallery of Ideas” won the order for interior work. IN as soon as possible foreign cabinet makers produced the necessary furniture at the company's request; Specialist restorers had to recreate many furnishings based on samples or stylistic correspondence.

Mansion of Arseny Morozov is now used for meetings of government delegations, diplomatic negotiations, and conferences of international organizations.