kolanchi's workers lived in the building and earned 7 kopecks a day.s fire department included 30 horses and two barrels of water, since then nothing has changed much, still the same two barrels of water, although there are more horses, about 400 in total, they are hidden under the hood of these two tank trucks. in august 1860, after long requests from muscovites, the city duma allowed construction in sokolniki fire column, funds were collected for 18 years, it was built by a russian architect of german origin, maxim geppiner. in 1881 , construction of the tower began and was completed 3 years later. the height of the observation deck of the new koloncha was second only to the sukharevskaya tower. there were sentries on duty in this gallery. their tasks included determining the location of the fire, as well as its strength. from here the view stretches for a kilometer. after detecting a fire, the fire brigade on duty had about 3 minutes to leave; during the day there were balloons hanging on the building, at night there were lanterns, their number the