Hotel "Moscow" partially open in December

According to the Committee on Tourism of the Russian capital, the first three floors of the hotel "Moscow" located in front of Red Square and the Kremlin, will be opened after renovation in December of this year. The hotel was closed for renovation in 2003. The city authorities have stressed that the hotel will be built to the project, virtually repeats the original version of the architect Alexei Shchusev. The only difference - is the area, increased from 98 to 185,500 square meters. The hotel will have apartments, convention center and retail and entertainment zone. "The government of Moscow, despite the impact of financial crisis, has found reserves for writing in 2009 - Hotel" Leningrad "in 2010 - the hotel" Ukraine ". And 2011 marks the commissioning of the Moskva Hotel, the first three floors , which will house shopping center and underground parking, will pass in December 2010 ", - quotes the message of the Tourism Committee RIA Novosti. Hotel Moscow was built in the first third of XX century and took its first guests in 1935. In the years 1968-1977 was completed second stage of construction, and the entire complex has formed a square. For a long time, "Moscow" has remained the largest hotel in the USSR.