State Universal Store
State Universal Store or GUM (GUM, pronounced as goom, in full Gosudarstvennyj Universal'nyj Magazin, Gosudarstvennyi Universalnyi Magazin) is a common name for the main department store in many cities of the Soviet Union and some post-Soviet states. The most famous GUM is a large store in Kitai-gorod of Moscow, facing Red Square. Prior to the 1920s the place was known as the Upper Trading Rows.Nearest places of interest:
| Lubyanka Square Komsomolskaya Square Zaikonospassky monastery Patriarshy Ponds | Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Rossiya Hotel Red Square Lenin's Mausoleum |
Popular places:
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Moscow Russia Saint Peters.. Volgograd |
Velikiy Novg.. Kaliningrad Moscow Kremlin Bolshoi Thea.. |
