page_title: Spaso House
hierarchical_section_title: Spaso House
caption_attribution_description: English: Reception for Russian Veterans at Spaso House, hosted by Ambassador John Beyrle. November 11, 2009.
context_page_description: Spaso House is a listed Neoclassical Revival building at No. 10 Spasopeskovskaya Square in Moscow. It was originally built in 1913 as the mansion of the textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov. Since 1933, it has been the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and since 1991, to the Russian Federation. The building belonged to the USSR and later Russia and, under the 1985 Leasecontract, the U.S. was supposed to pay 72,500 Soviet roubles per year, which by 2001 was the equivalent of about $3, which the U.S. had failed to pay in 1993. In 2004, the two sides concluded a new 49-year lease that was said to be based on a joint assessment of the property's value; the rent rate was not disclosed.
context_section_description: Spaso House is a listed Neoclassical Revival building at No. 10 Spasopeskovskaya Square in Moscow.  It was originally built in 1913 as the mansion of the textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov. Since 1933, it has been the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and since 1991, to the Russian Federation. The building belonged to the USSR and later Russia and, under the 1985 Leasecontract, the U.S. was supposed to pay 72,500 Soviet roubles per year, which by 2001 was the equivalent of about $3, which the U.S. had failed to pay in 1993. In 2004, the two sides concluded a new 49-year lease that was said to be based on a joint assessment of the property's value; the rent rate was not disclosed.
caption: For Veterans Day 2009, Ambassador John Beyrle (left) honored Russian World War II veterans with a reception at Spaso House, which featured a real 1943 Lend-Lease jeep parked in the Ballroom
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