Post XXII - Architecture

The State Historical Museum is the museum of Russian history located in Moscow between Red Square and Manege Square. It's situated where it used to be the Principal Medicine Store, built by order of Peter the Great in the Moscow baroque style. The present structure is project by Vladimir Osipovich Shervud, a Russian artist and architect, based on neo-Russian design between 1875 and 1881. The museum was founded in 1872 by interest to promote Russian history and national self-awareness. 

Contrary to its name, Moscow’s Red Square isn't red in color (they were actually whitewashed at certain times in history) so the Square doesn't take that name because of the color nor its association to communism. Rather, the name came about because the Russian word красная (krasnaya) can mean either “red” or “beautiful” .