its ascent, on an open corner of two descending streets. Estate lay-out The mansion, being at the same time a town manor, has a flat-topped lay-out with a court of honor opened towards the entrance. Lay-out of the garden in front of the building impresses by its splendor: Neoclassical facades The Pashkov House has two main facades, one facing the carriageway and being palatial and solemn, the other facing the yard and looking cozier and more like a country estate. Order system In contrast to rusticated ground floor, the porticoes use great order linking two floors. Inner layout Main and most grand premises of the palace were in its central building, entrance to which was along the axis of the building, from the side of the соurt of honor. Main vestibule was also located along the axis of the main building, where you can see the grand staircase. To the right of the vestibule, clear of the central axis, there was a grand staircase to the first floor leading to the ante-room and to the main hall. The service wings accommodated residential and service rooms. Building conversions According to some sources, original color of the walls was orange. Paul I started changing the Bazhenov's appearance of the building: upon his orders, the statue of Minerva (or Mars, symbolizing the victories of the reign of his mother) crowning the dome, was removed from it. Imperial period During the Napoleon's invasion the building suffered heavy damage: the wooden belvedere with the Corinthian order roundabout colonnade crowning the building was destroyed, as well as a large statuary and coat of arms of the Pashkovs on the entablature of the central portico. Revolution and Soviet period Interesting facts The Pashkov House is described in Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita as the meeting place of Woland, Azazello and Levi Matvei. Other Pashkov houses Pashkov House (Second Pashkov House, Lecture Building (), Pharmacy House ()) — these are the names under which the building of the Journalism Department of the Moscow University is mentioned in old documents. The building is also located on the Mokhovaya Street, 9. The reason was because the estate was also owned by a Pashkov, Alexander Illich Pashkov, a relative of Pyotr Pashkov. Another house owned by the Pashkovs was at Chistoprudny Boulevard, 12 . See also Rumyantsev Museum References External links The Pashkov House The return of Pashkov House Pashkov