RESIDENCE «HOUSE OF THE SAREPTA EVANGELICAL SOCIETY» - MUSEUM

Beginning of the 19th century, 1824, second half of the 19th century. The site of cultural heritage of federal importance is located at: Moscow, Spartakovskaya Street, 11.

The house was built in the area owned by university professor F. F. Geltergov in 1770 - early 1780. In the late 18th - late 19th century, the house belonged to the Sarepta Evangelical Society - a religious organisation of Gernguetters based in Sarepta-on-Volga. The shops were also located in the building.

The two-storey house is a typical urban example of early classical times. The house is located on the red line of the street. The main volume of the house is close to cubic. The facade walls are not richly decorated with blades and fillets. The central axis of the window is decorated with a rood, on it the inter-storey fillet is more beautifully decorated, above it there is a small pediment and complex cornice. The house is built on large vaulted cellars. Both floors of the house are equal in height, it does not have a front room. The internal historical layout has been partially modified.
In 2024, the ground part of the House of the Sarepta Evangelical Society will be adapted to the exhibition and cultural-educational space «Museum of the Navy and FESCO».

The history of the Navy Museum began in March 1958, when the Deputy Minister of the USSR Navy Yuri Savinov signed an order to establish a maritime exhibition in Moscow. The history of FESCO Transport Group begins in 1880. It is now one of the largest private transport logistics companies in Russia.

Thematically the museum will be divided into three big complexes. On the ground floor there will be a permanent exhibition of the Navy Museum. On the second floor there will be two rooms for temporary exhibitions, events, lectures and workshops. The third floor is dedicated to FESCO.