Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Gum

Abbreviation �of Gosudarstvenny Universalny Magazin� (Russian: �State Department Store�), the largest department store in Russia. Situated on a traditional market site on the northeast side of Red Square in Moscow, the building originally known as the Upper Trading Arcade was designed by A.N. Pomerantsev and built in 1889 - 93 in a pseudo-Russian style over a hidden metal skeleton. In its original form it housed more than 1,000 shops. Reconstructed

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