Sobieskiego 100
Sobieskiego 100 "Spyville" (Polish: "Szpiegowo") | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Residential |
Architectural style | Modernist |
Location | Warsaw, Poland |
Address | 100 Sobieskiego Street |
Construction started | 1977 |
Completed | 1978 |
Owner | Warsaw City Council |
Technical details | |
Material | Concrete |
Floor count | 11 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Janusz Nowak Piotr Sembrat |
Other information | |
Number of suites | c. 100 |
Sobieskiego 100, nicknamed "Spyville" (Polish: "Szpiegowo"), is a housing complex located at 100
Following the
In 2022, in the context of the ongoing
History
In 1974, the
Sobieskiego 100 is located on Warsaw's
Sobieskiego 100 provided accommodation for employees of the Embassy of Russia in Poland and their families, as well as businesspeople visiting from the Soviet Union. The residents of the complex departed in the mid-1990s, although it continued to be fenced and guarded.[3] In 1998, the property was briefly leased to the firm "Fart".[6] From the mid-2000s until 2017, a nightclub catering to Russian passport holders, "Club 100", operated in the complex.[3]
Sobieskiego 100 gave rise to various
In 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Warsaw City Council terminated the agreement and demanded the return of the property.[7] The Government of Russia asserted ownership of the property and declined to pay rent. In October 2016, a Warsaw court issued a default judgment ordering the Government of Russia to hand the property back to Poland.[2] In April 2017, the same court ordered the Government of Russia to pay 7.8 million złoty of back rent.[3]
In April 2022, a
Due to the disrepair of the buildings, engineers assessed the condition of the buildings to determine whether they could be refurbished or whether they needed to be demolished.[4] In February 2023, deputy mayor Tomasz Bratek announced that the building was not expected to require to be demolished.[10]
References
- ^ Tilles, Daniel (March 1, 2022). "Warsaw to seize Russian-claimed building and house Ukrainian refugees there". NotesFromPoland.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ Forbes.com. Archived from the originalon 6 March 2022.
- ^ The First News. Archived from the originalon 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Higgins, Andrew (4 May 2022). "A Crumbling Russian 'Spyville' returns to Polish hands". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022.
- ^ a b Waldie, Paul (3 May 2022). "Poland seizes housing from former Russian diplomats, plans to hand them to Ukrainian refugees". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022.
- ^ "City reclaims Szpiegowo!". Warsaw Insider. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022.
- ^ AFP (11 April 2022). "Warsaw seizes abandoned Russian 'spy nest' for Ukraine". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022.
- Reuters.com. 11 April 2022. Archived from the originalon 11 April 2022.
- ^ Associated Press (11 April 2022). "A crumbling Russian 'Spyville' returns to Polish hands". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Spy building saved?". Warsaw Insider. 9 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023.