Chambers of E.I. Ukraintsev - Archive of the Board of Foreign Affairs

This building was built in 1665 for the prominent diplomat and Duma clerk Yemelyan Ukraintsev. The building has the shape of the letter "G", so it was divided into two parts: male and female. Servants lived on the ground floor, there was a kitchen and cellars, and upstairs there were living rooms. After the death of the first owner in 1709, the chambers passed into the possession of Field Marshal General Prince M. M. Golitsyn. It is a two-storey stone building, the main facade of which faces the courtyard. The facade itself is decorated with half columns, brightly painted architraves and a thick cornice. On the ground floor there are small square windows with iron bars, and on the second floor there are narrow rectangular window openings. Later, on the other side of the building, another ward was added, significantly differing in architecture from the original one.