The restoration of the facades of the Prechistenskaya Pharmacy, the oldest surviving pharmacy in Moscow, has begun. The eclectic building is associated with the Forbricher dynasty - famous Moscow pharmacists.

Specialists will tidy up the stucco decor, cornices, metal elements and attic. The work is planned to be completed by the end of the year.

The historical building on Prechistenka was built in the late XVIII century as a mansion for rent. And the “medicinal history” of this house began in 1809, when merchant Milyakov rented the second floor for a pharmacy. In the 30s of the XIX century, the pharmacy was known as Prechistenskaya, and in the middle of the century it was purchased together with the whole house by two brothers - pharmacist Karl Friedrich and Master of Pharmacy Heinrich Forbrichers, natives of the city of Derptu, now Tartu. In 1874, the brothers, using the services of architect Nikolai Mikhnev, reconstructed the building, adding a third floor and crowning it with an attic. The third floor was used for furnished apartments, the first floor was given to stores, and the basement was used for medical laboratories. In 1885 the architect Vasily Barkov became the owner of the house and kept the pharmacy on the second floor. The pharmacy worked during the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, and only in 1975 it was moved to the 1st floor, where it remains to this day.