Originally named Hotel Frantsiya, the hotel was built as a luxury hotel in 1911[REF] by the son of Ivan Filippov, a well-known Moscow baker,[REF] whose baked goods were delivered widely, even to the tsar's residence [REF].
In June and July 1921, 600 delegates who came to the Third World Congress of the Communist International from 52 countries were housed at Hotel Lux.