Eliseevsky

Eliseevsky () is a grocery store in Moscow in a historic building on the corner of Tverskaya Street and Kozitsky Lane.

==History== ===Selection and reconstruction of premises=== thumb|right|200px|View of the store in 1913 The Saint Petersburg-based merchants, the Eliseevs (owners of the famous Eliseyev Emporium) in Saint Petersburg), made their fortune in the wholesale trade of "colonial goods" - mainly imported fruits; by the second half of the 19th century, the main product of the family partnership was wines imported from Europe, aged and bottled in Russia, other product groups in which the Eliseevs had large turnovers by the end of the 19th century - olive oil (divided at that time, depending on the variety, into "Provencal" and "wood"), coffee, tea, sardines, cheese. The goods were sold both wholesale and in their retail outlets, but the Eliseevs did not have large stores. When selecting premises for a large store in Moscow, Grigory Eliseev, who became the sole head of the partnership in 1896, looked at various buildings on Arbat, Petrovka, Bolshaya Dmitrovka, and settled on the former Kozitskaya mansion on Tverskaya on the recommendation of Moscow City Duma member Alexander Guchkov. In the building, which had changed owners four times over the last 20 years before Eliseev's purchase, the first floor housed a large Korpus tailor's shop with mirrored windows, and the second floor housed apartments for wealthy city residents. The deal to purchase the building took place on August 5, 1898, and on October 23, architect Baranovsky's project for reconstructing the building into a store was presented to the city authorities. Baranovsky directly supervised the reconstruction project, Eliseev gave him autonomy in matters of purchasing materials, hiring and firing workers, architects Vladimir Voeikov and Marian Peretyatkovich were involved in the design of the interiors.