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Petrovsky Passage

1906 establishments in the Russian EmpireBuildings and structures in MoscowCommercial buildings completed in 1906Department stores of RussiaDepartment stores of the Soviet Union
Roof structures by Vladimir Shukhov
Petrovsky Passage
Petrovsky Passage

Petrovsky Passage (Russian: Петровский Пассаж) is an elite department store opened on Petrovka Street in downtown Moscow in 1906. The engineer Vladimir Shukhov, also responsible for the GUM and the Shabolovka tower, designed a covered arcade with two wide three-storey galleries covered with high-pitched semi-cylindrical glass vaulting. The second storeys of opposite galleries are connected by exquisitely designed ferroconcrete catwalks. In the 1990s, the shop was revamped as the centre of one of the most expensive shopping areas in Europe.

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Petrovsky Passage
улица Петровка, Moscow Tverskoy District

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Петровский пассаж

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107031 Moscow, Tverskoy District
Moscow, Russia
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