Hotel Beijing
The Hotel Peking ( Russian Гостиница “Пекин” ) is a hotel in the Russian capital Moscow . It is on the garden ring near the intersection with Tverskaya Street .
history
The hotel was built from 1946 on Great Sadowaya Street, a part of the garden ring road, and officially opened in 1956. It is a building in the style of socialist classicism (confectioner style) with a corner tower. It was designed by star architect Dmitri Chechulin , who was also involved in the planning of the White House in Moscow and who built the Hotel Rossija . The building is a historical monument.
In the Soviet era it was considered a luxury hotel and was the preferred quarters of directors of Soviet companies from the provinces. They supplied the hotel with equipment that was in short supply. This included aluminum window frames, cast iron entrance gates, door locks, televisions and a telephone system. In return, the economic functionaries enjoyed diligent treatment. A normal Soviet citizen had no chance to stay in the hotel. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the hotel deteriorated. In 2003 a fundamental renovation began.
The hotel has 120 rooms of various sizes and furnishings, two restaurants , a café and a casino . The hotel also has conference rooms, a banquet hall and fitness facilities. The hotel is operated by the Intourist company , whose main shareholder is the Sistema group .
In front of the hotel on Tverskaya Street is a memorial to the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky . There are two entrances to the Mayakovskaya metro station in the immediate vicinity .
The hotel also plays a role in German-language contemporary literature. In the story Death in Habana from 2007 by Hans Christoph Buch , the cultural sociologist Aschenbach - an allusion to the writer Aschenbach in Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice - lives in the Hotel Beijing and is awakened by a night call with a clearly sexual offer. He brusquely refuses.
literature
- Golden key . In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 , 1972, p. 83 ( online - 24 July 1972 ).
Web links
- Hotel Beijing (Russian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New shine for Hotel Peking In: Russland Aktuell from January 14, 2003
- ↑ Alexander García Düttmann: Tadzio goes on the line In: The time of January 24, 2008
Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ 7.4 " N , 37 ° 35 ′ 38.4" E