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fiogf49gjkf0d SINCE ITS COMPLETION THE METROPOLHAS ALWAYS PLAYED A
GREATER ROLE IN MOSCOWS LIFE THAN SIMPLY THAT OF A GRAND
HOTEL. IT HAS BEEN A PART OF HISTORY WITH ITS CORRIDORS
WITNESSING MANY OF THE HISTORIC EVENTS OF THE CENTURY.
DESIGNED IN 1898 IS A STYLE MODERNE BY WILLIAM WALCOTT
THE HOTEL HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. FROM THE
BEGINNING THE METROPOL ATTRACTED THE CREAM OF MOSCOW
SOCIETY LEO TOLSTOY AND RACHMANINOV FREQUENTED THE
HOTEL, SHALYAPIN SANG HERE. BERNARD SHAW AND BERTOLD
BRECHT WERE GUESTS OF THE HOTEL. THE GUEST LIST SINCE
RENOVATION BOASTS NAMES LIKE M. RASTROPOVICH, MONSERRAT
CABALLE, PIERRE CARDIN, MICHAEL JACKSON AS WELL AS
PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE
INCOMPARABLE STYLE
OF THE HOTEL IS NOWHERE MORE EVIDENT THAN IN ITS
ELEGANTLY DECORATED ROOMS AND SUITES THE CAREFUL
BLENDING OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS AND ANTIQUES HAS CREATED A
SPECIAL OPULENCE AND WARMTH.
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