Old English House

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  • Address
    ul Varvarka 4a, city centre
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  • Phone
    298 3952
  • Transport
    underground rail: Kitai Gorod

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This reconstructed 16th-century house, white with peaked wooden roofs, was the residence of England's first emissaries to Russia (sent by Elizabeth I to Ivan the Terrible). It also served as the base for English merchants, who were allowed to trade duty free in exchange for providing military supplies to Ivan. Ironically, this museum has no signs or descriptions in English.