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In the spring of 1918, Moscow again became the capital, and in the summer, the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which turned into an arena of political struggle between the Bolshevik and the Left SR parties, was held at the Bolshoi Theater.
Maria Spiridonova, the leader of the Left SRs, declared war on the Bolsheviks. She did not accept the Treaty of Peace of Brest-Litovsk, saying that Russia was kneeling before Germany.
Meanwhile, Count Wilhelm von Mirbach became the first foreign ambassador accredited in the country, and his residence was located in the city manor of the Ural mine owner S. Berg (5 Denezhny Lane).
In 1918, Count Mirbach received two envoys of Maria Spiridonova in this mansion: Blumkin and Andreev, who killed the German ambassador with a point-blank shot. The fact that everything happened in the Red Living Room, which from now on attracts all visitors to the embassy residence, makes this story even more ominous.
The terrorist attack provoked a serious diplomatic scandal – the German embassy left the mansion in protest – and prompted Vladimir Lenin to urgently address the issues of security and comfortable accommodation of foreign diplomats in Moscow.
Shortly thereafter, in 1921, a decree was signed to create the Bureau for the Service of Foreigners – Burobin.
