Four Seasons Hotel Moscow
hotel in Russia
The Four Seasons Hotel Moscow is a modern luxury hotel in Manezhnaya Square in the Tverskoy District, central Moscow, Russia. It opened on October 30, 2014, with a facade that replicates the Soviet Hotel Moskva of the 1930s (Russian: Гости́ница «Москва́»), which previously stood on the same location. It is located near Red Square, and in close proximity to the pre-revolutionary City Hall.
It was operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts from its opening until 2022, when the chain ceased managing the hotel due to economic sanctions imposed on Russia resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The hotel continues to use the name, though it is no longer part of the international chain.
History
Original structure
The area now occupied by the hotel, Okhotny Ryad, was considered one of the most unsanitary districts in Moscow at the start of the 20th century due to its open-air market trade. It was the first Moscow district to undergo major reconstruction during the 1920s. Plans for a Palace of Labour on the site dated to 1922, but financial difficulties delayed construction. Demolition of market stalls in the southern part of Okhotny Ryad began in 1924, and the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa was demolished in 1928, with all market trade relocated to Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
In mid-1931, an open competition was announced for a new hotel to be built for the Moscow Soviet.
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