According to legend, the shop was decorated by the wealthy merchant Perlov, who wanted to impress the young emperor of China during his visit to Russia in 1893. Sadly for Perlov, the emperor chose to visit a rival tea merchant instead.
One of the most celebrated of the Soviet modernist buildings, the Zuyev Workers' Club is still in use as a theatre. It was designed by Ilya Golosov in 1926 and finished 1928