Loskutnaya Explained

The Loskutnaya Hotel (Лоскутная) was a hotel on Tverskaya Street in Moscow. The hotel, built in the 19th century,^[1] was located by the Manege Square,^[2] near the Historical Museum and Iverskaia Gate.^[3] Geir Kjetsaa, author of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A Writer's Life, said that the hotel was "one of the best hotels in town."^[2] Leonid Andreev and Pyotr Boborykin often stayed at the hotel.^[3] A group of people with Anton Chekhov also stayed at Loskutnaya.^[4] It was later renamed to the Red Fleet Hostel, and students and younger members of the Communist Party of Russia stayed at the hotel.^[5] During Communist rule, some rooms were reserved for Naval College members and sailor delegates.^[6]

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Notes and References

1. "The history of unique hotel." National Hotel, Moscow. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
2. Kjetsaa, Geir. Translated by Siri Hustvedt and David McDuff. Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A Writer's Life. Fawcett Columbine, 1989. 356. Retrieved on August 20, 2012., 9780449903346.
3. Zaitsev, Boris (Борис Зайцев). "A Book About Leonid Andreev." Published in: White, Frederick H. Memoirs and Madness: Leonid Andreev Through the Prism of the Literary Portrait. McGill-Queen's Press, 2006. 99. Retrieved from Google Books on August 20, 2012., 9780773530447, "Often he stayed in the Loskutnaia Hotel near the Iverskaia Gate and the Historical Museum."
4. Rayfield, Donald. Anton Chekhov: A Life. Northwestern University Press, September 13, 2000. 301. Retrieved from Google Books on August 20, 2012. 0810117959, 9780810117952.
5. Young, George Gordon. Stalin's Heirs. D. Verschoyle, 1953. 51. Retrieved from Google Books on August 20, 2012. "The two apparently met when Lena was living at the hotel Loskutnaia - later the Red Fleet Hostel - in Moscow which was used by many younger party members and students."
6. Ransome, Arthur, "Arthur Ransome Gives Glimpses Of Life In I The New Soviet Russia." Baltimore Sun. December 28, 1919. A14. Retrieved on August 20, 2012. Reposted in: Ransome, Arthur. Russia in 1919 & The Crisis in Russia. Lulu.com, 26. - Full quote: "Both were full, and he finally got me a room in the old Loskutnaya Hotel, now the Red Fleet, partially reserved for sailor delegates and members of the Naval College." Quoted in Google News as: "He finally got. me a room m the old Loskutnaya Hotel, now sailor delegates and members of the Xaval[...]"