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The Bread House is a beautiful building near the grand palace in Tsaritsyno. The name is due to the high reliefs of bread and salt on the front walls of the building. By the project of its architect Matvey Bazhenov, the building was designed for kitchens and maintenance services.

It was planned that the «upper kitchen» had to serve the imperial family while the middle and lower kitchens had to serve the noblemen in accordance with their rank. However, the visit of Empress Catherine II ended very badly for Bazhenov. She severely criticized his project and removed him from the construction as punishment for his relations with masonry.

There are masonic symbols practically on all Bazhenov`s buildings in Tsaritsyno, including the Bread House. A monogram of the crossed Russian letters Х and С is above the high reliefs of bread and salt. On the one hand, the monogram may mean «bread-salt», but it is very similar to a masonic symbol.

After the reconstruction of the Bread House in 2006 they began to use its halls for exhibitions. An atrium for concerts was erected in the center of the house. An organ was installed in the atrium in 2008. And now concerts of organ music can also be held there. The organ was produced in Germany specially for the atrium of the Bread House based on the acoustics of the hall. 

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The Bread House near the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace.
The monuments to Bazhenov and Kazakov, the architects of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace, in front of the Bread House.
The arch between the Bread House and the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace.
The atrium of the Bread House. There are held various exhibitions devoted to the life in the USSR or the Russian Empire.
The photos of the resting Soviet citizens of the 30th (from an exposition in the Bread House) 
The exposition «Fashion behind the Iron Curtain» devoted to the Soviet fashion of the 60-80th in the Bread House.
The models of knitted beach suits at the International Fashion Exhibition in Budapest in 1955.
The Soviet models in the garments of cleaners and milkers (rightmost is Valentina Yashina) at the International Fashion Exhibition in Budapest in 1955. 
Fashionable woman clothes of the end of the 40th at an exhibition in the Bread House.
The Soviet working people at a dancing party in a sanatorium on the coast of the Black Sea.
The fashionable models of the 40th of 20 century.
The fashionable models of the 70th of 20 century.
The young people of the 70th of 20 century.
The Soviet actresses of the 50th of 20 century.
The Soviet actresses of the 60th of 20 century.
The Soviet actresses of the 70th of 20 century.
The fashionable clothes of the Soviet women of the 60th of the past century at an exhibition in the Bread House at Tsaritsyno. 
The fashionable clothes of Soviet women at an exhibition in the Bread House at Tsaritsyno.
A square in front of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace and the Bread House.
The organ installed in the atrium of the Bread House.