Place

The Hotel Metropol in central Moscow was used in the early Soviet years as the 1st House of Soviets — housing for senior staff.

Per Tatyana Timofeevna’s manuscript: after a brief stay on Brestskaya Street the family was told to live in the 1st House of Soviets (Hotel Metropol). Later the hotel was cleared of residents; the family moved to Maly Vlasyevsky, then Vozdvizhenka.

Hotel Metropol
Historic landmark of the 1st House of Soviets. Meaning: early family life, not a hotel guide. · OpenStreetMap

Why it appears here

  • early marriage of T. P. Samsonov and Eva Konstantinovna;
  • stepmother’s first meeting with Lelya (daughter from the father’s first marriage);
  • nearby in time — births of Timofey (1923) and Tatyana (1926);
  • a link in the housing chain: Metropol → Arbat → Vozdvizhenka → Serafimovich Street.
TypePage
ChapterFather, marriage and children
MotherMy mother · Eva Konstantinovna
FatherT. P. Samsonov
MapFamily Moscow
Next homeSerafimovich Street

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