the very beginning of the 20th century, the house was built specifically for members of the imperial race societyto the central hippodrome. here they made bets and rested after grueling workouts. and on the third floor in the imperial hall, solemn evenings were held at the main entrance, which leads to the second floor. uh, the marble staircase, the width of the stairs and the height of the ceiling at the bottom, but allowed the rider who won the race to go up there on horseback, where they could honor him and the owner of the horse, when there were not yet all these high-rise buildings on the roof , one of which we are now from the balcony of the house, from which society a great view of the hippodrome was opened, something like this, that is, behind the competitions. it was possible to observe directly without leaving the building very conveniently, they say so often and did nicholas ii when he came here. a little later, a museum of horse breeding was opened in the house , part of its exhibits. now stored in the timiryazev academy. on this wall we see portraits of real stallions, in general, th