Moscow Craft Council

The building was built in 1912 and belonged to the famous businessman and entrepreneur Alexander Sandrovich. In the early 1930s, the building was given the status of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR and renamed the "Firing Squad House". Trials of political criminals took place here, as well as juries and court sessions. Executions of those sentenced to death took place in the mansion. In 1950, the mansion was renamed October 25 Street and turned into a public building. Later, the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages began to be located here.