Old English Court in Moscow

The "Old English Court" in Moscow in the 16th and 17th centuries was the seat of the English trading company Muscovy Company, which had a monopoly on trade with Russia and was the first joint-stock company in England. Ivan IV (1530–1584) allocated the building to the company as a branch office and warehouse from 1556. In addition to storerooms, there were also living quarters and a banquet hall in the building, which served not only trade but also diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Old English Court in Moscow, color photograph, 2018, photographer: Alexander Savin; source: © Alexander Savin, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaryadye_Park_Moscow_img06_asv2018-01.jpg, Free Art License 1.3, http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/.