GUM State Department Store (1893)*

Artist/Designer: Alexander Pomerantsev, Vladimir Shukhov

Project Location: Moscow, Russia

Figure 1: Alexander Pomerantsev & Vladimir Shukhov, GUM - State Department Store. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 2: Alexander Pomerantsev & Vladimir Shukhov, GUM - State Department Store. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 3: Alexander Pomerantsev & Vladimir Shukhov, GUM - State Department Store. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical, Gothic Revival

Primary Material(s):
Steel, Glass

Function(s):
Retail Store

Related Website(s):

http://www.moscow.info/red-square/gum.aspx

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Russia/Gorod_Moskva/Moscow-592480/Things_To_Do-Moscow-Red_Square_GUM_Gosudarstevemy_Universahy_Magazin-BR-1.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5ogQVTUKI

http://www.opoccuu.com/gum.htm

Significant Date(s):
19th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Hilton, Marjorie L. "Retailing the Revolution: The State Department Store (GUM) and Soviet Society in the 1920s". Journal of Social History 37 (2004): 939-964.

Kishkinova Eugenia, and Popova Anna. "The Creative Method of The Architect Pomerantsev A.N. in The Context of The Late Historicism". Matec Web of Conferences. 106: 01017, 2017.

Voyce, Arthur. Russian Architecture: Trends in Nationalism and Modernism. New York: Greenwood Press, 1969.

Additional Information

Building Address

Red Square, 3, Moskva, Russia, 109012

Significant Dates
Built between 1890 and 1893
Nationalized by the Soviet Government in 1917
Converted into office space by Joseph Stalin in 1928
Reopened as department store in 1953

Supporting Staff/Designers

Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939) responsible for engineering

Tags
Russia, Soviet Union, Department Stores, Glass, Neoclassicism, Gothic Revival

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