Italian Embassy in Moscow
The Italian Embassy in Moscow is Italy's diplomatic mission in Russia . It is located in Villa Berg on Deneschni Pereulok (Денежный переулок) 5 in Moscow's central district of Khamovniki .
history
The building, named after the Russian businessman Sergej Berg, was erected from 1897 on the site of an old wooden structure. After the Berg family had fled to Switzerland in 1918 , the embassy of the German Reich , which was previously located in Saint Petersburg , was set up in the classicist building under Ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff . On July 6, 1918 , Mirbach-Harff was murdered by two Chekists in the Red Hall of the embassy building . As a result, the building first became the seat of the Communist International and then the venue for various conferences. In 1924 it was acquired by Italy, which set up its embassy to the Soviet Union there.
After the Second World War, the Italian embassy in Villa Berg was reopened in 1949. In 1960 a meeting between the Soviet head of state and party leader Nikita Khrushchev and the Italian President Giovanni Gronchi took place here. In the course of their statements, the two asked each other to join the other's party, which resulted in a minor argument.
The Embassy of Italy to the Russian Federation has been located in Villa Berg since 1990.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 35.8 " N , 37 ° 35 ′ 15.7" E